Volanges Jean-Louis Trintignant as Danceny Nicolas Vogel as Court Boris Vian as Prévan François Perrot as A guest Gillian Hills Production Fourteen-year-old British school girl Gillian Hills was cast in a lead role, but public outcry meant this was recast, and Hills played a smaller part. Gerard Philippe reportedly took the role in response to the critical failure of his film The Gambler (1958). Gérard Philipe died almost eight weeks after the film's release. It was the last of his films that was released before his death. Censorship There was concern the film would be allowed to screen in France at all. Eventually, permission was granted to show it to adults. In September 1959, the film was denied an export license because it was "unrepresentative of French film art", and thus could not be shown outside France. Two weeks into the film's run in Paris, the film was seized as the result of civil action taken against it by the Society of Men of Letters, who said they were acting to protect the reputation of the original work. They wanted its title changed to Les Liaisons Dangereuses '60. This was done. The movie was a massive hit at the French box office – the most successful domestic film since 1954. Eventually, the film was allowed to be exported to Japan, Greece, and the Scandinavian countries. Then, in 1961, a full export licence was granted; US and Canadian distribution rights were bought by Astor Films for a reported record sum. US release New York censors only allowed the film to be shown after it had been edited to a "darkened" print of two "objectionable" nude scenes (involving Annette Vadim and Jeanne Valerie). In February 1962, the film was pulled from a theater in Montclair, New Jersey, at the request of the police commissioner, as authorized by the Town Council. This occurred after a letter writing campaign following the film's condemnation from the pulpit of a local Roman Catholic Church. The film had been running for nearly three weeks at that point. The theater continued its run beginning ten days later, the theater's management citing contractual obligations to its American distributor. Musical score and soundtrack The film's score was performed by Thelonious Monk, drawing on his existing compositions, as time constraints and a health crisis meant he was unable to compose new material. The original recordings by Thelonious Monk, including music not