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Irma la Douce

A story of passion, bloodshed, desire and death... everything, in fact, that makes life worth living.

7.4(497)19632h 27m5

When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5M
Box office
$25.2M
Language
English
  • prostitute
  • paris, france
  • love of one's life
  • police
  • pimp
  • red-light district

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Billy Wilder

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Premiere5 Jun 1963
    • TheatricalNR5 Jul 1963
  • United KingdomGB

    • Premiere13 Feb 1964
    • Theatrical14 Feb 1964
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalPG8 Aug 1963
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical24 Oct 1963
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1118 Oct 1963
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1618 Oct 1963
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical9 Oct 1963
    • PhysicalDVD7 Nov 2001
    • PhysicalBlu-ray24 Apr 2018
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1212 Sept 1963
  • GreeceGR

    • PhysicalΚ-12DVD4 Oct 2010
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical22 Oct 1963
    • TheatricalLegend Film Festival11 Mar 2011
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical2 Nov 1963
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical30 Jan 1963
    • PhysicalALDVD23 Nov 2001

Frequently asked questions

Irma la Douce was released on 30 January 1963.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    7/2/2019

    7/10

    One of Wilder's most divisive film's amongst his fans. Adapted from Alexandre Breffort's stage musical, Irma la Douce in film form turns into something of a roller-coaster ride. Even allowing for the absence of the songs (a major gripe with purists), the film is far too bloated to really achieve the heights of being a great comedy classic. If it had been condensed to perhaps a 100 minute film then I think it coul…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    1/15/2024

    7/10

    I love the first half hour of this film. It's all about the fastidious policeman "Patou" (Jack Lemmon) who is unwittingly transferred into a Parisian red light district where he encounters the eponymous hooker (Shirley MacLaine) plying her trade with her little dog. He smells a rat and immediately calls for a police raid on the hotel in which she works. Bad mistake! Not least because one of his bosses is enjoying the…

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