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The Terror with Women (1956)

The Terror with Women poster
Original title
La Terreur des dames
Directed by
Jean Boyer
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes the center of a scandal when he makes an unwanted advance on a young woman. He then struggles to repair his reputation and navigate the resulting social chaos.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalcomicbouncyromanticmischievousfast-paced

What happens

The Terror with Women (French: La terreur des dames) is a 1956 comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Noël-Noël, Jacqueline Gauthier and Yves Robert. It is an adaptation of the 1882 short story Ce cochon de Morin by Guy de Maupassant, previously adapted as the 1932 film That Scoundrel Morin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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