bappamtv

La p... respectueuse

La p... respectueuse

1952Movie⏱️ 1h 15m
CrimeDrama
6.6
IMDB Rating
139 votes

Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. The two only witnesses are Lizzie McKay, a prostitute from New York, and Sidney, a colored man. Fred decides to seduce Lizzie in order to make her give false evide...

Director
N/A
Writers
Alexandre Astruc, Jacques-Laurent Bost, Jean-Paul Sartre
Stars
Barbara Laage, Ivan Desny, Walter Bryant
Release Date
October 8, 1952
Language
French
Country
France
🏆 1
Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 3
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Barbara Laage
Barbara Laage
as Lizzie Mac-Kay - chanteuse entraîneuse
Ivan Desny
Ivan Desny
as Fred Clarke - le fils du sénateur
👤
Walter Bryant
as Teddy Barnes - le sénateur
👤
Yolande Laffon
as Marie - la soeur du sénateur
👤
Nicolas Vogel
as Un client du night-club
👤
Marcel Journet
Jacques Hilling
Jacques Hilling
as L'ivrogne du night-club
👤
Schetting
👤
Marie Olivier
as Annie - une copine de Lizzie
👤
Jean Danet
as Un client du night-club

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Artès Films, Les Films Agiman

🏷️ Keywords

french noirtrainprostitutemurderbased on play

🎯 Categories

FrenchCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

one of the most mixed reactions I've had to a movie in quite a while
by Quinoa19842007-03-16
6/10

"I checked out The Respectful Prostitute, and heard about it in the first place, for one reason- that it was the only video I could find, anywhere for the moment, that had the mark of Jean-Paul Sartre on it. In the interest of full disclosure, his works have impressed me over the years, even when the writing becomes dense like in his ontological studies. His essential principles and ideas concerning existentialism, free will, being and nothingness, have provoked my thinking and spurred it on in ways few other philosophers have been able to do, and has even been an influence via his fiction like..."

💡 Did You Know?

Marcel Herrand's last film.

📖 Synopsis

Fred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. The two only witnesses are Lizzie McKay, a prostitute from New York, and Sidney, a colored man. Fred decides to seduce Lizzie in order to make her give false evide...