The Road to Shame (1959)
Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Pierre knows that his fiancée goes to a rendezvous, but she would not tell him more than just that. Worried, Pierre follows her but he is attacked and stolen his identity papers by two men, Tom and Nasol, on the payroll of Quaglio, one of the city's bosses. Later on, Quaglio kills Nasol and deposits the body in a garage, leaving Pierre's papers nearby. As for Pierre, he manages to follow Tom to a villa where several young women have been invited. Pierre, horrified, realizes that this place is the headquarters for the white slave trade. - Written by Guy Bellinger
Director: Édouard Molinaro
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Robert Hossein as Pierre Rossi |
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Magali Noël as Coraline Merlin |
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Estella Blain as Béatrice |
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Philippe Clay as Tom |
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Jane Marken as Mrs. Cassini |
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Robert Lombard as Merlin |
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François Darbon as Camille |
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Pierre Collet as Nasol |
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Jean Juillard as Pasquier |
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William Sabatier as Carel |
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Anita Treyens as Brigitte |
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Monique Vita as Nina |
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Claudie Laurence as Jacqueline |
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Liliane Dreyfus as Madeleine |
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Jacques Dacqmine as Victor Quaglio |
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Dominique Boschero as Thérèse |
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Yvon Sarray as Delacour |
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Olivier Mathot as Lambert |
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Jean Degrave as Félicien |
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Alain Nobis as Police commissioner |
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Marcel Bernier as Inspector Thomas (uncredited) |
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Jacques Seiler as Policeman in the car (uncredited) |
| Directing | Édouard Molinaro | Director |
| Writing | Gilles Morris-Dumoulin | Novel |
| Writing | Albert Simonin | Writer |
| Writing | Gilles Morris-Dumoulin | Writer |
| Sound | Art Blakey | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Claude Levillain | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Georges Lévy | Production Design |
| Camera | Robert Juillard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Laurence Méry-Clark | Editor |
| Production | Jacques Roitfeld | Producer |
| Production | Lucien Masson | Producer |
| Production | Jean Mottet | Producer |
| Production | Georges Roitfeld | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Éliane Marcus | Makeup Artist |
