The Beach (Italian: La spiaggia) also internationally released as Riviera and The Boarder) is a 1954 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Martine Carol, Raf Vallone and Mario Carotenuto.

[3][4] The film's sets were designed by the art director Dario Cecchi.

It was shot at the Titanus Studios in Rome and on location around Savona in Liguria.

"[5] At a luxury resort on the Italian coast, a prostitute takes her young daughter for a vacation but tries to conceal her true profession from her fellow guests.

She is courted by the local mayor, before her past is exposed to the gossipy society of the resort.