Watch Irma la Douce (1963) Free Online

Release Date: 1963

Cast: Herschel Bernardi, James Caan, Tura Satana, Paul Dubov, Lou Jacobi, Cliff Osmond, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Bill Bixby, Grace Lee Whitney

Categories: Movies, Sex Comedy, Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Romance Film, Comedy Of Manners

Irma la Douce/Irma la Dolce is a 1963 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, directed by Billy Wilder. It is based on the 1956 French musical Irma La Douce by Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort. The film version of Irma la Douce ["Irma the Sweet"] tells the story of Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon), an honest cop who, after being transferred from a quiet village to Paris, finds a street full of prostitutes and duly reports them. The police inspector, who is Nestor's superior, has been aware of those prostitutes but let them off by accepting bribes, so he fires Nestor,... MORE

Irma la Douce/Irma la Dolce is a 1963 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, directed by Billy Wilder. It is based on the 1956 French musical Irma La Douce by Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort. The film version of Irma la Douce ["Irma the Sweet"] tells the story of Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon), an honest cop who, after being transferred from a quiet village to Paris, finds a street full of prostitutes and duly reports them. The police inspector, who is Nestor's superior, has been aware of those prostitutes but let them off by accepting bribes, so he fires Nestor, who is conveniently framed for bribery. Kicked off the force and humiliated, Nestor finds himself drawn to the very neighborhood that ended his career with the Paris police - returning to Chez Moustache, a popular hangout for prostitutes and their pimps. Down on his luck, Nestor becomes close friends with Irma La Douce (Shirley MacLaine), a popular prostitute. He also reluctantly accepts, as a confidant, the proprietor of Chez Moustache, a man known only as "Moustache". (In a running joke, Moustache (Lou Jacobi), a seemingly ordinary barkeep, suggests a storied prior life - claiming to have been, LESS