Directed by:
Billy WilderCinematography:
Joseph LaShelleComposer:
André PrevinCast:
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell, Herschel Bernardi, Hope Holiday, Joan Shawlee, Grace Lee Whitney, Paul Dubov, Howard McNear (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Irma La Douce, a successful Parisian poule who plies her trade on a narrow street off Les Halles, gives all of her earnings to Hippolyte, her mec . Onto the scene comes a young, naive, and honest policeman, Nestor Patou, who, shocked by the open vice, conducts an unauthorized raid and arrests all the streetwalkers who frequent the bistro Chez Moustache. Unfortunately, Nestor's superior, Inspector Lefevre, is among the men arrested, and Nestor is fired from the force. He takes up with Irma, and, after a fight with Hippolyte, becomes her new mec . He soon falls in love with Irma and becomes jealous of her customers. With the help of Moustache, Nestor poses as a wealthy Englishman, Lord X, who claims he wants only a companion since the war has rendered him "useless." He agrees to pay Irma a huge sum for one visit a week, but in order to pay he is forced to work in the marketplace. Every morning, Nestor returns to Irma too tired to make love, and she begins to suspect that he has another lover. Irma then asks Lord X to take her to England and manages to seduce the supposedly impotent Britisher. As Irma packs to leave, Nestor decides to "murder" Lord X and dump all traces of him into the Seine. He is followed by Hippolyte, who, hearing a splash and seeing Lord X's clothes floating on the water, turns Nestor in as a murderer. Nestor is sent to prison, but when he hears that Irma is pregnant he escapes and reemerges from the Seine as Lord X, thus vindicating himself. At the church where Nestor and Irma are married, Irma collapses and has her baby. All ends well, however, when Nestor is reinstated by Inspector Lefevre; and Irma is able to contemplate a happier future. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jack Lemmon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/219/165219959_48453f.jpg)
Jack Lemmon
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
JFK (1991)
The Apartment (1960)
![Shirley MacLaine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405852_36193d.jpg)
Shirley MacLaine
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
The Apartment (1960)
Being There (1979)
![Lou Jacobi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188329_cbba32.gif)
Lou Jacobi
Canada
Best movies:
Bruce Yarnell
USA
Best movies:
Irma la Douce (1963)
![Herschel Bernardi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011772_bdec89.jpg)
Herschel Bernardi
USA
Best movies:
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
The Savage Eye (1960)
Irma la Douce (1963)
![Hope Holiday](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/721/160721134_a3affe.jpg)
Hope Holiday
USA
Best movies:
The Apartment (1960)
Irma la Douce (1963)
The Rounders (1965)
![Joan Shawlee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948658_19b463.jpg)
Joan Shawlee
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Apartment (1960)
![Grace Lee Whitney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/241/166241991_d71fa4.jpg)
Grace Lee Whitney
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Irma la Douce (1963)
![Paul Dubov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/946/159946603_3077be.jpg)
Paul Dubov
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
High Noon (1952)
Shock Corridor (1963)
![Howard McNear](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000183_4e5e18.jpg)
Howard McNear
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
![Cliff Osmond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426649_4d2801.jpg)
Cliff Osmond
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Irma la Douce (1963)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Diki Lerner
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Pursuit (1972) (TV movie)
![Tura Satana](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416773_3de665.jpg)
Tura Satana
Japan
Best movies:
Irma la Douce (1963)
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
Lou Krugman
USA
Best movies:
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Irma la Douce (1963)
![James Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448347_a6548f.jpg)
James Brown
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Going My Way (1944)
Miracle on Ice (1981) (TV movie)
![Bill Bixby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272472_7b0206.jpg)
Bill Bixby
USA
Best movies:
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
![John Alvin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/199/160199554_a530c6.jpg)
John Alvin
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Carrie (1952)
![Billy Beck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619739_bff5a1.gif)
Billy Beck
USA
Best movies:
The Best Man (1964)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Crazy in the Noodle (1957)
![Fred Aldrich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/260/160260239_2c735f.jpg)
Fred Aldrich
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
![Edgar Barrier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/550/160550071_0621e6.jpg)
Edgar Barrier
USA
Best movies:
The Golden Blade (1953)
Count the Hours (1953)
Irma la Douce (1963)