Film Forum

U.S., 1959
Directed by Billy Wilder
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, George Raft
Approx. 123 min.

Chicago, 1929, and jazz musicians Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis get a rare look at history in the making—only trouble is, it’s the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. Time to don high heels, girdles, and falsies to join an all-girl band with sultry chanteuse Marilyn Monroe?

Presented with support from The Robert Jolin Osborne Endowed Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s

Reviews

“Still perfect all these years later.”
– Cath Clarke, Time Out

“Effortlessly fluent, joyous and buoyant: a high-concept comedy that stays as high as a kite.”
– Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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