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.
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $25M
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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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Box Office & Release
Irma la Douce returned 5.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Jan 30, 1963
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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