Story Line
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.
“A story of passion, bloodshed, desire and death... everything, in fact, that makes life worth living.”
Top Cast
Shirley MacLaine
Irma La Douce
Jack Lemmon
Nestor Patou
Lou Jacobi
Moustache
Bruce Yarnell
Hippolyte
Herschel Bernardi
Inspector Lefevre
Hope Holiday
Lolita
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Rating
7.4/ 10
Release Date
1963-01-30
Runtime
2h 27m
Genres
RomanceComedyDrama
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User Reviews (2)
John Chard
7/10
•7/2/2019One of Wilder's most divisive film's amongst his fans.
Adapted from Alexandre Breffort's stage musical, Irma la Douce in film form turns into something of a roller-coaster ride. Even allowing for the absence of the songs (a major gripe with puris...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•1/15/2024I love the first half hour of this film. It's all about the fastidious policeman "Patou" (Jack Lemmon) who is unwittingly transferred into a Parisian red light district where he encounters the eponymous hooker (Shirley MacLaine) plying her trade with...