Passport To Shame (1959)

A young French girl (Odile Versois) is framed for a theft and the madam (Brenda De Banzie) of a brothel brings her over to London, ostensibly to work as a paid companion. In reality, she's being set up by the madam and a sinister pimp (Herbert Lom) to work as a high class call girl. Directed by Alvin Rakoff (DEATH SHIP), this exploitation movie would like you to think it has an important social message about prostitution and how pimps take innocent girls and turns them into hookers. But it's just a plain old exploitation picture that wants to titillate you while wagging a finger at the immorality. That aside, it's actually quite entertaining on its own exploitation terms. Odile Versois actually seems quite matronly (although she was only 28) for a young innocent. My favorite character in the film was Diana Dors as the experienced prostitute who takes Versois under her wing. I was a bit worried that something bad would happen to her but happily, the films suggests a happy ending for her. With Eddie Constantine (ALPHAVILLE), Robert Brown, Michael Caine (so young he's barely recognizable), Margaret Tyzack and Jackie Collins (yes, the novelist).