

The Road to Shame
1959-04-30 · 85 min · ★ 5.8
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
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- Directors
- Édouard Molinaro
- Production companies
- La Société des Films Sirius, Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
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Robert HosseinPierre Rossi
Magali NoëlCoraline Merlin
Estella BlainBéatrice
Philippe ClayTom
Jane MarkenMrs. Cassini
Robert LombardMerlin
François DarbonCamille
Pierre ColletNasol
Jean JuillardPasquier
William SabatierCarel
Anita TreyensBrigitte
Monique VitaNina
Claudie LaurenceJacqueline
Liliane DreyfusMadeleine
Jacques DacqmineVictor Quaglio
Dominique BoscheroThérèse
Yvon SarrayDelacour
Olivier MathotLambert
Jean DegraveFélicien
Alain NobisPolice commissionerTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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