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IRMA LA DOUCE
U.S., 1963
Directed by Billy Wilder
Starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine
Screenplay by Billy Wilder, Alexandre Breffort, and I.A.L. Diamond
WINNER Golden Globe Award – Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Shirley MacLaine), 1963
Approx. 147 min. 35mm.
“This is a story of passion, bloodshed, desire, and death... everything, in fact, that makes life worth living.” Wilder's biggest hit ever stars Shirley MacLaine, as a Parisian sex worker, and Jack Lemmon as the gendarme-turned-pimp. In luscious color.
Reviews
“Mr. Lemmon is little short of brilliant — vigorous, incisive and deft.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times