Girl Merchants
A Feature film of
Production year1957
French release04/10/1957
Runtime
1h 42m
Synopsis
Josette, a young French woman, and aspiring dancer, travels to South America for a job offer and ends up a prisoner in a slave camp for women by a sadistic gangster, the head of a white slavery ring, "merchandising" girls to salacious customers. Josette will be rescued from a Fate-Worse-Than-Death But Better-Than-Starving by the timely arrival of the authorities.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (28)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Comptoir Français de Production Cinématographique (CFPC)
- French distribution : Comptoir Français du Film (CFF)
Full credits (14)
- Adaptation : Maurice Cloche
- Screenwriter : Maurice Cloche
- Dialogue Writer : Maurice Cloche
- Director of Photography : Jacques Mercanton
- Music Composer : Guy Magenta
- Assistant directors : Jean-Pierre Decourt, Odette Glénat
- Editor : Fanchette Mazin
- Sound Recordist : Jacques Gallois
- Producer : Robert De Nesle
- Camera operators : Charles-Henri Montel, Jean-César Chiabaut
- Production Manager : Jean Maumy
- Continuity supervisor : Colette Crochot
- Production Designer : Raymond Negre
- Still Photographer : Henri Thibault
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Prostitution
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1957
- French release : 04/10/1957
- Runtime : 1 h 42 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 19292
- Visa issue date : 18/06/1957
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
