Irma la Douce

Irma, la Dulce

English audio · Filmoteca

Nestor Patou, an honest policeman, has been transferred from the Bois de Boulogne to Les Halles, a more urban neighborhood in Paris. He finds a street full of prostitutes working at the Hotel Casanova and raids the place, arresting the prostitutes and catching his police department's chief at the same time (while not knowing him). The inspector fires Nestor, who is mistakenly framed for bribery and for insubordination.

Director

Billy Wilder

Starring

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell, Grace Lee Whitney, Herschel Bernardi, Joan Shawlee, Bill Bixby

Why we call it English: US production, English-language (Wilder)