Why Women Sin (1958)

6.8/10 • 0 min • Crime Drama

Overview

La moucharde stars Dany Carrel as a young miss who loves neither wisely nor well. Duped into a life of crime, Carrel remains on the wrong side of the Law because she's hopelessly in love with a two-bit crook. Soon she becomes as jaded and hardened as her criminal cohorts. When the police threaten to throw her in the Bastille, Carrel agrees to turn informer, with the expected disastrous results.

Cast

Dany Carrel

Betty Lefébure

Georges Chamarat

Jeweler

Henri Crémieux

Mr. Eddy

Noël Roquevert

Maître Perceval

Pierre Vaneck

Frédéric Martignac, aka Fred

Yves Deniaud

Parola, second-hand dealer

Maurice Chevit

Consumer (uncredited)

Yvonne Clech

Lucienne

Paul Crauchet

Photograph

Jean Morel

Commissioner Mallet

Fernand Sardou

Mario the Toulonnais

Serge Sauvion

Maurice

André Weber

Jeannot

Anne-Marie Coffinet

Jacques Dhéry

(uncredited)

Lisa Jouvet

(uncredited)

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