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7.4When 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.
Released: 1963-01-30147 minDir: Billy WilderRomance, ComedyBudget: $5.0MBox office: $25.2M
Cast
- Shirley MacLaine as Irma La Douce
- Jack Lemmon as Nestor Patou
- Lou Jacobi as Moustache
- Bruce Yarnell as Hippolyte
- Herschel Bernardi as Inspector Lefevre
- Hope Holiday as Lolita
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- prostitute
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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. The film stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.
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1960s screwball comedy films1960s sex comedy films1963 American films1963 English-language films1963 films1963 romantic comedy filmsAlbum articles lacking alt text for coversAmerican films based on playsAmerican romantic comedy filmsAmerican screwball comedy filmsAmerican sex comedy filmsEnglish-language romantic comedy films