Be Beautiful But Shut Up

Be Beautiful But Shut Up (Sois belle et tais-toi) is a French black-and-white crime comedy film made in 1958, directed by Marc Allégret.

The film features Alain Delon and Jean Paul Belmondo in early roles as members of a gang.

It was also known as Blonde for Danger.

Plot
The protagonist, played by Mylène Demongeot, is a teenage female orphan who after escaping from her detention center joins a gang of Parisian burglars, but then by coincidence meets a young police inspector (played by Henri Vidal) with whom she falls in love, marries and starts a decent life.

The story shows how her former acquaintances from the criminal milieu become suspects in a jewel robbery.

Cast

 * Mylène Demongeot as Virginie Dumayet
 * Henri Vidal as Insp. Jean Morel
 * Darry Cowl as Insp. Jérôme
 * Béatrice Altariba as Olga Babitcheff
 * Roger Hanin as  Charlemagne
 * Jean-Paul Belmondo as  Pierrot
 * Alain Delon as  Loulou
 * Robert Dalban as Insp. Gotterat
 * François Darbon as Gino
 * Gabrielle Fontan as Grand-mère de Jean
 * René Lefèvre as  Raphaël

Production
Filming took place from December 1957 to February 1958.

Reception
The film recorded admissions of 1,904,380 in France. This made it the 44th most popular film of the year.