

Irma la Douce
A story of passion, bloodshed, desire and death... everything, in fact, that makes life worth living.
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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7.4/10
497 votes
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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
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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
2- J7/10
John Chard
7/2/2019
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…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/15/2024
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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