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Irma La Douce

Play trailer Poster for Irma La Douce 1963,  2h 27m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 75% 20 Reviews Tomatometer 78% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
75% Tomatometer 20 Reviews 78% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
This entertaining comedy finds disgraced former police officer Nestor Patou falling for beautiful Parisian prostitute Irma La Douce. Though Nestor becomes Irma's pimp, he can't stand the idea of her being with clients, so he devises a way to keep her all to himself. This scheme leads to plenty of trouble, however, and soon Nestor is forced to avoid his old law-enforcement peers in an attempt to stay with Irma and out of jail.

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Elizabeth Sussex Sight & Sound Mar 11, 2020
Set mainly in a bawdy-house that is never in the least bawdy, Billy Wilder's Irma La Douce is the kind of fantasy much favoured by Hollywood -- a sex comedy from which sex has been carefully eradicated. Go to Full Review
Sam Adams Philadelphia City Paper Jan 26, 2019
Though Irma's 143-minute length is more than a little too much of a very good thing, it's hard to dislike a movie that keeps giving you more good stuff. Go to Full Review
David Parkinson Empire Magazine Jan 25, 2019
3/5
Lemmon and Maclaine fail to reproduce the chemistry from The Apartment but this slight film is not as ignorable as reputation suggests. Go to Full Review
Marlene Matouk Tampa Bay Times Jan 13, 2021
Billy Wilder is a great director and you can't find too many actress es better than Shirley MacLaine, so when Jack Lemmon appears on the screen, the triple-treat is complete. Go to Full Review
Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine Aug 12, 2019
The latest Wilder-Diamond-J.L. gagorama has everything: lovely color shots of Paris, lots of laughs, tears, action, and two of our best film actors, Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. Everything but charm and style, the essentials for its genre Go to Full Review
Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia Mar 16, 2019
A magical and beguiling tale of love of the mean streets of Paris. Go to Full Review
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Feb 1, 2019 The best comedy movie ever made!
Draco R Aug 20, 2018 Wilder, Lemmon and MacLaine team up again after their collaboration in The Apartment to offer us a funny and audacious farce that works well enough despite being a bit overlong and clumsy in parts, especially as it becomes more and more contrived towards the end. See more
Harry M Feb 24, 2018 "the apartment" with a bigger budget and less of a point, Wilder reteams lemmon and Maclaine in essentially the same roles, under different, lighter circumstances and a Parisian locale. it's not bad, per se, only light entertainment. Network television used to run the film every year. See more
Anakin R Jan 2, 2018 Well paced despite its long running time. It's not Wilder's wisest, sharpest or most cynical. But it's Wilder nonetheless and there's plenty to enjoy! See more
Rey S Nov 19, 2017 A Billy Wilder classic with iconic performances by Lemon and MacLaine.
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Billy Wilder

Director

Shirley MacLaine

Irma La Douce

Jack Lemmon

Nestor Patou

Lou Jacobi

Moustache

Herschel Bernardi

Insp. Lefevre

Joan Shawlee

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Irma La Douce

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Synopsis This entertaining comedy finds disgraced former police officer Nestor Patou falling for beautiful Parisian prostitute Irma La Douce. Though Nestor becomes Irma's pimp, he can't stand the idea of her being with clients, so he devises a way to keep her all to himself. This scheme leads to plenty of trouble, however, and soon Nestor is forced to avoid his old law-enforcement peers in an attempt to stay with Irma and out of jail.
Director
Billy Wilder
Producer
Billy Wilder
Screenwriter
Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp., United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Mirisch Corporation, Phalanx Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 5, 1963, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 26, 2016
Runtime
2h 27m
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