That Naughty Girl (French title: Cette sacrée gamine) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Michel Boisrond. Roger Vadim took part in writing the screenplay.
Jean Clery (Jean Bretonnière) is a nightclub singer working at a joint that is, unbeknownst to him, being used as a front for a criminal gang. When his boss Paul Latour is framed, Jean is left in charge of his airheaded daughter Brigitte (Brigitte Bardot), who makes Jean's life chaotic.
Tropes:
- Babies Ever After: Jean and Brigitte get hitched and have a baby in the end.
- Bait-and-Switch: The ending makes it seem like Jean has gotten married to his fiancee Lili and the two have a child. Then it's revealed his wife is actually Brigitte and Lili is just there to help with the baby.
- Chekhov's Gunman: A Japanese tourist who took a picture of Jean earlier in the film turns up in the climax. He helps Jean out by judo-throwing some gangsters.
- Daddy's Girl: Brigitte and her father are close and she's more than a bit spoiled by him. It's mentioned that her mother has been gone since she was a baby.
- Disney Acid Sequence: Jean dozes off and dreams about Brigitte in various elaborate and colorful dance routines.
- Disposable Fiancé: Jean is engaged to Lili at the start of the film, only to fall in love with Brigitte, with whom he gets together in the end.
- Distracted by the Sexy: Brigitte strips down to her bikini in front of the gardener, causing him to hose the pool instead of the plants as he stares at her.
- Japanese Tourist: A group of Japanese tourists photograph Jean and Paul at one point, bowing in thanks when they're done. One of them fights on their side in the climax of the movie.
- Mafia Princess: Brigitte, as the daughter of a man running a shady nightclub that's being used for gang activities. She has no idea about any of it, though.
