Male Companion

Male Companion
Male Companion
	French theatrical release poster
French	Un monsieur de compagnie
Directed by	Philippe de Broca
Screenplay by	Philippe de Broca
Dialogue by	Philippe de Broca; Henri Lanoë
Based on	Gentleman in Waiting; by André Couteaux
Produced by	Julien Derode
Starring	Jean-Pierre Cassel; Irina Demick; Catherine Deneuve; Annie Girardot; Valérie Lagrange; Sandra Milo; Adolfo Celi; Dalio; André Luguet; Jean-Pierre Marielle; Jean-Claude Brialy;
Cinematography	Raoul Coutard
Edited by	Françoise Javet
Music by	Georges Delerue
Production; companies	PECF; Les Films du Siècle; Ultra Film;
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	4 November 1964 (France); 11 November 1964 (Italy);
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	France; Italy;
Language	French
Box office	$3.9 million

Male Companion (French: Un monsieur de compagnie) is a 1964 comedy film written and directed by Philippe de Broca, based on the 1961 novel Gentleman in Waiting by André Couteaux. The film stars Jean-Pierre Cassel.^[2]

Plot

Antoine was raised into the easy life by his wealthy grandfather. Following the death of his grandfather, the money has gone and Antoine falls under the influence of various "easy" people.

Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel as Antoine Mirliflor
Irina Demick as Nicole
Catherine Deneuve as Isabelle
Annie Girardot as Clara
Valérie Lagrange as Louisette
Sandra Milo as Maria
Adolfo Celi as Benvenuto
Dalio as Socratès
André Luguet as the grandfather
Jean-Pierre Marielle as Balthazar
Irène Chabrier [fr] as Ernestine
Renée Passeur as the boss
Rosy Varte as Isabelle's mother
Sacha Briquet as the authorised representative
Jacques Dynam as Isabelle's father
Christian Lude [fr] as the notary
Jean-Claude Brialy as the prince
Mino Doro as Professor Gaetano (uncredited)
Rosemary Dexter as a student (uncredited)
Memmo Carotenuto as the policeman in Rome (uncredited)
Giustino Durano as the baker (uncredited)
Geneviève Fontanel as Socratès's friend (uncredited)

Reception

According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $1.4 million in rentals to break even and made $780,000, meaning it made a loss.^[3]

References

^ "Un monsieur de compagnie (1964)". JP Box-Office (in French).
^ Crowther, Bosley (2011). "Male Companion". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
^ Silverman, Stephen M. (1988). The Fox That Got Away: The Last Days of the Zanuck Dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. Secaucus, New Jersey: L. Stuart. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-8184-0485-6.

External links

Male Companion at IMDb
Male Companion at AllMovie
Review in The New York Times by Bosley Crowther

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[1] "Un monsieur de compagnie (1964)". JP Box-Office (in French).

[NY_Times-2] Crowther, Bosley (2011). "Male Companion". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2008.

[3] Silverman, Stephen M. (1988). The Fox That Got Away: The Last Days of the Zanuck Dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. Secaucus, New Jersey: L. Stuart. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-8184-0485-6.

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