Film

Irma la Douce

1963 · 2h 27m · Romance · Comedy · Drama

A story of passion, bloodshed, desire and death... everything, in fact, that makes life worth living.

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

Metacritic

63

When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.

Shirley MacLaine

Irma La Douce

Jack Lemmon

Nestor Patou

Lou Jacobi

Moustache

Bruce Yarnell

Hippolyte

Herschel Bernardi

Inspector Lefevre

Hope Holiday

Lolita

Joan Shawlee

Amazon Annie

Grace Lee Whitney

Kiki

Paul Dubov

Andre

Howard McNear

Concierge

Cliff Osmond

Police Sergeant

Diki Lerner

Jojo

Herb Jones

Casablanca Charlie

Ruth Earl

Zebra Twin

Jane Earl

Zebra Twin

Tura Satana

Suzette Wong

• Billy WilderScreenplay · Producer · Director
• I. A. L. DiamondProducer · Screenplay
• Edward L. AlpersonProducer
• Alexandre TraunerProducer
• Doane HarrisonProducer
• Joseph LaShelleDirector of Photography
• André PrevinOriginal Music Composer
• Daniel MandellEditor
• Lynn StalmasterCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

January 30, 1963

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 27m

Rated

NR

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$25,200,000

Genres

Romance, Comedy, Drama

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