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Irma la Douce ( French: [iʁ.ma la dus], "Irma the Sweet") is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond, based on the 1956 French stage musical of the same name by Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort. [3] The film stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine .
- June 5, 1963
- Billy Wilder, Alexandre Trauner (uncredited)
Romantic comedy movie based on a play Other names include Sweet Irma, or Irma the Sweet in French Narrated by Louis Jourdan (uncredited) Directed by Billy Wilder Starring Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell, Herschel Bernardi, Howard McNear and Grace Lee Whitney
Irma La Douce, a successful Parisian poule who plies her trade on a narrow street off Les Halles, gives all of her earnings to Hippolyte, her mec .Onto the scene comes a young, naive, and honest policeman, Nestor Patou, who, shocked by the open vice, conducts an unauthorized raid and arrests all the streetwalkers who frequent the bistro Chez Moustache.
- Billy Wilder, Hal Polaire
- Jack Lemmon
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Irma la Douce: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell. When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.
Nester Patou, a naive police officer, is transferred to the red light district in Paris and organizes a raid on a dodgy hotel running as a brothel. In doing so he inadvertently disrupts the corrupt system of the police and the pimps union, and even nets his station superior. Fired from his job, Nester goes to the local bar for a drink and befriends a pretty young lady named Irma la Douce. Upon ...
Irma La Douce. Released Jun 5, 1963 2 hr. 27 min. Comedy List. 76% 21 Reviews Tomatometer 78% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score This entertaining comedy finds disgraced former police officer Nestor ...
In the vibrant Les Halles food-market, at the bustling red-light district of rue Casanova, business is booming for delicate Parisian streetwalker Irma. Infatuated with her, zealous but penniless former police officer Nestor Patou will soon find himself dragged into an unknown world when he accepts Irma's generous invitation to move into her ...
