

Sweet Charity
Love is what it's all about!
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $8M
- Box office
- $20M
- Language
- English
- broken engagement
- charity
- musical
- based on play or musical
- celebrity
- tragic love
- dancehall girl
- based on movie
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereGBoston, Massachusetts14 Feb 1969
- TheatricalGLos Angeles, California28 Mar 1969
- TheatricalGNew York City, New York1 Apr 1969
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalLondon25 Feb 1969
- Theatrical (limited)BFI London Film Festival (4K restoration)6 Oct 2019
BrazilBR
- PhysicalLUniversal mj.gov.br8 Oct 2004
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG14 Nov 1969
NetherlandsNL
- PhysicalALDVD10 Jun 2004
- TVALNet 527 Nov 2004
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Sweet Charity was released on 25 February 1969.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/21/2024
"Charity" (Shirley MacLaine), "Nickie" (Chita Rivera) and "Helene" (Paula Kelly) are call-girls working in a grotty dance hall. "Charity" is an honest, maybe too honest, gal, but after years going round in circles she needs a decent man in her life. That might just happen when she meets "Oscar" (John McMartin) but he doesn't know what she really does to make a living. It isn't quite in a bank. Should she tell him and…
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