L'Amour à la chaine (1964)
Directed by Claude de Givray

Crime
aka: Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures

Film Synopsis

Unhappy in love and having nothing but contempt for her spineless parents, Catherine makes up her mind to become a prostitute.  She confides her distress to a priest before joining a powerful organisation run by Pornotroops which takes under its wing all manner of unfortunates who are resigned to their fate.  Pornotroops and his brother are a ruthless pair who will stop at nothing to ensure they have supremacy of the market, punishing without mercy anyone who defies their will...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Claude de Givray
  • Script: Claude de Givray, Bernard Revon (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Roger Fellous
  • Music: Georges Delerue
  • Cast: Valeria Ciangottini (Catherine Guérande), Jean Yanne (Pornotropos), Jacques Destoop (Paul Devillers), Perrette Pradier (Corinne), Jean-Marie Fertey (Thanatos), Jean-Pierre Janssen (Jumeau 1), Jean-Paul Janssen (Jumeau 2), Anne-Marie Coffinet (Juliette), Maria-Rosa Rodriguez (Barbara), Amarande (Mélanie), Max Montavon (Le photographe), Roger Fradet (Doudou), Alain Raffael (Raffa), Jean Dalmain (Le père de Catherine), Hella Petri (Thaïs), Lisette Lebon (Impresario), Annie Duroc (Une prostituée), Jean-Roger Caussimon (Le curé), Roger Karl (L'homme qui meurt), Olga Valéry (La veuve)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 84 min
  • Aka: Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures

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