Male Companion

{{Short description|1964 film by Philippe de Broca}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Male Companion | image = Male_Companion.png | caption = French theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Un monsieur de compagnie}} | director = Philippe de Broca | screenplay = Philippe de Broca {{Infobox|decat=yes|child=yes|label1=Dialogue by|data1=Philippe de Broca<br/>Henri Lanoë}} | based_on = {{based on|''Gentleman in Waiting''|André Couteaux}} | producer = Julien Derode | starring = {{Plainlist| * 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 | editing = Françoise Javet | music = Georges Delerue | studio = {{Plainlist| * {{abbr|PECF|Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises}} * Les Films du Siècle * Ultra Film }} | distributor = 20th Century Fox | released = {{Film date|df=y|1964|11|4|France|1964|11|11|Italy}} | runtime = 105 minutes | country = {{Plainlist| * France * Italy }} | language = French | budget = | gross = $3.9 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9277|title=Un monsieur de compagnie (1964)|website=JP Box-Office|language=fr}}</ref> }}

'''''Male Companion''''' ({{langx|fr|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.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/101045/Un-Monsieur-de-Compagnie/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520075114/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/101045/Un-Monsieur-de-Compagnie/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-20 |title=Male Companion |access-date=2008-08-26 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |newspaper=The New York Times |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=2011 | last=Crowther| first=Bosley}}</ref>

==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 * {{ill|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 * {{ill|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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|url=https://archive.org/details/foxthatgotawayt00silv/page/325/mode/2up|title=The Fox That Got Away: The Last Days of the Zanuck Dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox|location=Secaucus, New Jersey|publisher=L. Stuart|year=1988|page=325|isbn=978-0-8184-0485-6|url-access=registration}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title}} * [https://www.nytimes.com/1966/02/15/archives/screen-male-companion-begins-runfarce-finds-director-beginning-to.html Review] in ''The New York Times'' by Bosley Crowther

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