''Trop jolies pour être honnêtes'' (, ''Too Pretty to Be Honest''), or ''4 Souris pour un hold-up'' (, ''Four Mice for a Holdup'', subtitled by the English VHS as "Four Chicks for a Holdup") is a 1972 French film directed by
Richard Balducci. In 1985 International Home Video Corp. of
Wilmington,
Los Angeles
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,
California
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released an English subtitled version of the film,
under the series La Vidéo Française.
In the film four female roommates who live in the
French Riviera, Bernadette (
Bernadette Lafont), Christine (
Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin ( ; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was a British and French actress, singer, and designer. She had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in French cinema.
A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, ...
), Frédérique (Elisabeth Wiener), and Martine (
Emma Cohen
Emmanuela Beltrán Rahola (21 November 1946 – 11 July 2016), better known as Emma Cohen, was a Spanish actress, director, producer, and writer. She appeared in many Spanish language films. She portrayed , a counterpart to Big Bird, in ''Barr ...
), discover that a group of thieves who committed a robbery are keeping their stolen goods in the building across from them. The women decide to steal the goods from the men.
Cast
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Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin ( ; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was a British and French actress, singer, and designer. She had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in French cinema.
A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, ...
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Emma Cohen
Emmanuela Beltrán Rahola (21 November 1946 – 11 July 2016), better known as Emma Cohen, was a Spanish actress, director, producer, and writer. She appeared in many Spanish language films. She portrayed , a counterpart to Big Bird, in ''Barr ...
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Serge Gainsbourg
* Carlo Guiffre
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Bernadette Lafont
* Elisabeth Wiener
References
External links
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French comedy films
1972 films
Films scored by Serge Gainsbourg
1970s French films
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