Du rififi chez les femmes ("The Riff Raff Girls") is a French-Italian film directed by Alex Joffé and released in 1959.[1]

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Du rififi chez les femmes
The Japanese poster for the film
Directed by	Alex Joffé
Written by	Alex Joffé, José Giovanni, Gabriel Arout, James-Jacques Mage, Auguste Le Breton
Produced by	James-Jacques Mage
Starring	Nadja Tiller Robert Hossein Silvia Monfort Roger Hanin
Cinematography	Pierre Montazel
Edited by	Léonide Azar
Music by	Louiguy
Distributed by	Cinédis
Release date	20 May 1959 (France)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France/Italy
Language	French

Plot

In Brussels, rival criminal gangs confront each other. One is led by Vicky, proprietor of a nightclub on a barge; the other by Bug, who wants to reign over the lucrative nightlife business. Vicky and her gang, who are planning a bank raid, are going to see their plans confounded by Bug. In effect, he is being manipulated by a police officer who forces him to help break up a drug trafficking deal in return for keeping his residence in Belgium. Bug and Yoko will strongly compromise the bank raid, believing that it is linked to the drugs.[1]

Book

The film is based on the Auguste Le Breton novel, Du rififi chez les femmes, published in 1957 and reprinted in 2010.[2]

Production

• Director: Alex Joffé
• Screenplay: Alex Joffé, José Giovanni, Gabriel Arout, James-Jacques Mage and Auguste Le Breton from his novel Du rififi chez les femmes (1957, Presses de la Cité)
• Dialogue: Auguste Le Breton
• Music: Louiguy
• Song: Rififi, words by Charles Aznavour and music by Louiguy, sung by Nadja Tiller
• Director of photography: Pierre Montazel
• Camera Operator: Alain Douarinou
• Sound: Joseph de Bretagne
• Editing: Léonide Azar
• Set Design: Rino Mondellini
• Costumes: Pierre Balmain
• Stills photographer: Walter Limot
• Country: France, Italy
• Filming:
  • Language: French
  • Interiors: Studios de Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine)
  • Exteriors: Brussels
• Producer: James-Jacques Mage
• Director of production: Jacques Plante
• Production companies: Les Productions de l'Étoile, Dismage, Transalpina, Technostampa
• Distribution company: Cinedis
• Aspect ratio: black and white — 35 mm — 1:37.1 — monaural
• Genre: Crime film
• Length: 110 min
• Release date: 20 May 1959

[1]

Cast

• Nadja Tiller : Vicky
• Robert Hossein : Marcel Point-Bleu
• Silvia Monfort : Yoko
• Roger Hanin : Bug
• Pierre Blanchar : "Le Pirate"
• Françoise Rosay : Berthe
• Jean Gaven : James
• Eddie Constantine : Williams
• Georges Rigaud : "Le Marquis"
• Daniel Emilfork : Luigi
• Wayne Van Voorhes : Chicago, the Sicilian
• André Cellier : the transporter
• Denise Clair : Prune
• Michel Galabru
• Lucien Raimbourg
• Maurice Garrel
• Carlo Campanini
• Tiberio Murgia
• René Alone
• Isaac Alvarez
• Léopoldo Francès
• Liliane de Kermadec
• Claude Piéplu
• Anne-Marie Coffinet
• André Berthomieu
• Yves Barsacq

[1]

References

External links

• Du rififi chez les femmes at IMDb