Irma La Douce

1963, Comedy, 2h 27m

21 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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This entertaining comedy finds disgraced former police officer Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon) falling for beautiful Parisian prostitute Irma La Douce (Shirley MacLaine). 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.
  • Genre:
    Comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Billy Wilder
  • Release Date (Theaters):
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  • Distributor:
    United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.

Cast & Crew

Shirley MacLaine
Irma La Douce
Jack Lemmon
Nestor Patou, Lord X
Lou Jacobi
Moustache
Herschel Bernardi
Insp. Lefevre
Joan Shawlee
Amazon Annie
Hope Holiday
Lolita
Bill Bixby
Tattooed sailor
Grace Lee Whitney
Kiki the Cossack
Billy Wilder
Director
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Audience Reviews for Irma La Douce

  • 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.
    Carlos M Super Reviewer
  • 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.
    Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
  • Nov 04, 2013
    Thanks to Lemmon and MacLaine, we get some some great laughs about a man in love with a prostitute and the extreme lengths he takes to keeping her away from other men. Great goofiness as only Lemmon can pull off.
    John B Super Reviewer
  • Apr 05, 2012
    This is a fun film, but it doesn't near comparison to wilder's work with the two stars in 'the apartment." ...but no one said that it should.
    Stefanie C Super Reviewer
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