Flesh and the Woman

In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.

Cast

Gina Lollobrigida

as Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci

Jean-Claude Pascal

as Pierre Martel

Arletty

as Blanche

Raymond Pellegrin

as Mario

Peter van Eyck

as Fred

Jean Témerson

as Xavier Noblet

Jean Hébey

as Police commissioner

Jo Dest

as Karl, boss of the bistro

Paul Amiot

as Captain (uncredited)

Odette Barencey

as Gertrude (uncredited)

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