En effeuillant la marguerite (1956)

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Daniel Gélin

Daniel Roy

Brigitte Bardot

Agnès Dumont

Robert Hirsch

Roger Vital

Jacques Dumesnil

Le général Dumont

Jacques Fervil

Le régisseur au premier strip-tease

Jacques Jouanneau

Édouard - un ami de Daniel

Mauricet

Monsieur Valentin

Madeleine Barbulée

Madame Dumont

Yves-Marie Maurin

Toto

Anne Collette

'Croquemitaine' - la secrétaire

Gabrielle Fontan

La prof de musique

Luciana Paluzzi

Sofia . l'amie italienne
(as Luciana Paoluzzi)

Nadine Tallier

Magali

Darry Cowl

Hubert Dumont - le frère d'Agnès

Andrès

Un journaliste à l'Assemblée Nationale
(uncredited)

Françoise Arnoul

Elle-même
(uncredited)

Mischa Auer

Alexis - le chauffeur de taxi
(uncredited)

Charles Bayard

Un spectateur à Vichy
(uncredited)

Average Comedy with Lovely BB!

Made right before AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, this little comedy is no great shakes, except for the lively and vivacious Ms. Bardot who is charming as always. The guy who plays her brother is strangely bizarre and amusing. A pretty tame film (considering the title), the plot isn't worth discussing, but Brigitte is coy and beautiful.

A 5 out of 10. Best performance = Ms. Bardot. Her next film (GOD) would completely change her image from fun and innocent to passionate and a lasting sexual creature of the 50's. Roger Vadim, who wrote this one finally got to direct her and make a lasting impression. This film is enjoyable, but nothing to brag about.

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Trivia
En effeuillant la marguerite (En effeuillant la marguerite (1956)), was Brigitte Bardot's 16th film in four years, her second one directed by Allegret (Futures vedettes (1955) (Futures vedette) was first), and also the second film written for her by Roger Vadim. It's a typical French romantic comedy, complete with a meet-cute on a train, and plenty of loving shots of Bardot's pert behind.

Quotes
Monsieur Dubreuil - Casino Director: And the bookseller with a sideline in dirty books?
Un livreur de journaux: You should know, you're my best customer.
Monsieur Dubreuil - Casino Director: Isn't that General Dumont?
Un livreur de journaux: In the flesh! I bet he wants "Plucking the Daisy."

Crazy credits
EPILOGUE: "And they lived happily ever after."

Alternate versions
In the version broadcaston television in North America in the seventies and released on VHS by Entertainment Programs International in 1997, the contestants in the striptease contest performing just before Bardot only did partial strip. The last contestant before Bardot wears panties and a bra made of daisies at the end of her act. But the DVD version released by Home Vision Entertainment in 2001 features a different take of the same scene that is almost identical except that the contestants get totally nude at the end of their act.