Can-Can (1960)
Release Date: Mar 9, 1960 Wide
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Cole Porter's Gay Paree musical about the introduction in Montmartre in 1896 of the notorious Can-Can dance, is brought to the screen, filtered through a Rat Pack sensibility. Shirley MacLaine stars as Simone Pistache, the perky and vivacious owner of a Parisian cafe, who, aided by her swingin' boyfriend Francois Dumais (Frank Sinatra), is trying to keep her establishment from being closed down by the Paris authorities because of Simone's insistence on treating her patrons to the Can-Can, the
Mar 9, 1960 Wide
May 22, 2007
Cast
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Frank Sinatra
Francois Durnais -
Shirley MacLaine
Simone Pistache -
Maurice Chevalier
Paul Barriere -
Louis Jourdan
Philippe Forrestier -
Juliet Prowse
Claudine -
Marcel Dalio
Andre Headwaiter -
Leon Belasco
Arturo Orchestra Leader -
Nestor Paiva
Bailiff -
Jean Del Val
Judge Merceaux -
Eugene Borden
Chevrolet -
Jonathan Kidd
Recorder -
Ann Codee
League president -
Marc Wilder
Adam -
Genevieve Aumont
Secretary -
Peter Coe
Dupont - policeman -
Marcel dela Brosse
Plainclothesman -
Renee Godfrey
Dowager -
Maurice Marsac
Bailiff -
Alphonse Martell
Butler -
Lili Valenty
Dowager -
Wilda Taylor
Lili
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A vulgar and lackluster version of Cole Porter's musical set in Gay Paree in 1896.
Despite the star presence of Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine, this is a second-rate musical due to Walter Lang's pedestrian direction but some of Cole Porter's songs are wonderful.
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