Male Companion

{{Short description|1964 film by Philippe de Broca}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Male Companion

| image = Male_Companion.png

| caption = French theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Un monsieur de compagnie}}

| director = Philippe de Broca

| screenplay = Philippe de Broca

{{Infobox|decat=yes|child=yes|label1=Dialogue by|data1=Philippe de Broca
Henri Lanoë}}

| based_on = {{based on|Gentleman in Waiting|André Couteaux}}

| producer = Julien Derode

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Jean-Pierre Cassel
• Irina Demick
• Catherine Deneuve
• Annie Girardot
• Valérie Lagrange
• Sandra Milo
• Adolfo Celi
• Dalio
• André Luguet
• Jean-Pierre Marielle
• Jean-Claude Brialy

}}

| cinematography = Raoul Coutard

| editing = Françoise Javet

| music = Georges Delerue

| studio = {{Plainlist|

• {{abbr|PECF|Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises}}
• Les Films du Siècle
• Ultra Film

}}

| distributor = 20th Century Fox

| released = {{Film date|df=y|1964|11|4|France|1964|11|11|Italy}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

• France
• Italy

}}

| language = French

| budget =

| gross = $3.9 million{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9277|title=Un monsieur de compagnie (1964)|website=JP Box-Office|language=fr}}

}}

Male Companion ({{langx|fr|Un monsieur de compagnie}}) is a 1964 comedy film written and directed by Philippe de Broca, based on the 1961 novel Gentleman in Waiting by André Couteaux. The film stars Jean-Pierre Cassel.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/101045/Un-Monsieur-de-Compagnie/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520075114/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/101045/Un-Monsieur-de-Compagnie/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-20 |title=Male Companion |access-date=2008-08-26 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |newspaper=The New York Times |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=2011 | last=Crowther| first=Bosley}}