A Little Virtuous is a 1968 French comedy crime film directed by Serge Korber based on the 1951 novel But a Short Time to Live by British writer James Hadley Chase. Ferdinand (Jacques Perrin), a young photographer, meets Claire (Dany Carrel), a supposed cover girl, in a cafe. Although he is instantly attracted towards her, Ferdinand soon learns that she is a professional thief, working for a thug named Brady (Robert Hossein).