The Wages of Sin (1956 film)

The Wages of Sin
Directed byDenys de La Patellière
Written byRoland Laudenbach
Denys de La Patellière
Based onEmily Will Know by Nancy Rutledge
Produced byRoger Ribadeau-Dumas
Roger Richebé
StarringDanielle Darrieux
Jean-Claude Pascal
Jeanne Moreau
CinematographyHenri Alekan
Edited byMonique Isnardon
Robert Isnardon
Music byMaurice Leroux
Production
companies
Films Roger Richebé
Société Française de Cinématographie
Distributed byFilms Roger Richebé
Release date
  • 20 April 1956 (1956-04-20)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Wages of Sin (French: Le salaire du péché) is a 1956 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal and Jeanne Moreau. A film noir, it was adapted from the 1949 novel Emily Will Know by the American crime writer Nancy Rutledge[1] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié.

  1. ^ Walker-Morrison p.241