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.
▶ Watch Trailer
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
Director
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Tagline
"A story of passion, bloodshed, desire and death... everything, in fact, that makes life worth living."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$25,200,000
Production
Phalanx Productions, The Mirisch Company
John Chard
July 2, 2019
One 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 purists), the film is far too bloated to really achieve the heights of being a great comedy classic. If it had been condensed to perhaps a 100 minute film ...
CinemaSerf
January 15, 2024
I 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 her little dog. He smells a rat and immediately calls for a police raid on the hotel in which she works. Bad mistake! Not least because one of his bo...
Where to Watch
Stream
Rent
Buy
Search our entire catalog of thousands of movies across every genre.
