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Billy Wilder's Irma la Douce

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine
Gendarme Nestor Patou is an enthusiast at his work. But when he decides to pull a one-man raid on a Parisian whore-house he bags more than he bargains for - including the Chief of Police. Also among his prisoners is the tempestous Irma. In the first of this evening's films, director Wilder takes a mellow view of infidelity, providing Jack Lemmon with a superb 'dual' role and Shirley MacLaine one of her finest parts as the beautiful and brash Irma.
Screenplay by BILLY WILDER and I. A. L. DIAMOND Based on the play by ALEXANDRE BREFFORT
Produced and directed by BILLY WILDER
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Lemmon
Unknown:
Shirley MacLaine
Unknown:
Nestor Patou
Unknown:
Jack Lemmon
Unknown:
Shirley MacLaine
Unknown:
Billy Wilder
Unknown:
I. A. L. Diamond
Play By:
Alexandre Breffort
Directed By:
Billy Wilder
Nestor:
Jack Lemmon
Irma la Douce:
Shirley MacLaine
Moustache:
Lou Jacobi
Hippolyte:
Bruce Yarnell
Inspector Lefevre:
Herschel Bernardi
Lolita:
Jope Holiday
Amazon Annie:
Joan Shawlee
Kiki the cossack:
Grace Lee Whitney
Concierge:
Howard McNear
Source: Radio Times

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