Irma la Douce (French: [iʁ.ma la dus], "Irma the Sweet") is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond, based on the …

Film debut of James Caan. Shirley MacLaine was not happy with the script and thought even less of the film after it was finished, calling it "crude and clumsy". She was surprised to get a Best …

Irma la Douce (1963) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

James Caan in Irma La Douce di Billy Wilder (1963)Thanks to Antoine Sportiello :-)

Irma la Douce Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs

James Caan's film debut. Charles Laughton was director-writer Billy Wilder 's first choice to play the character of Moustache in Irma la Douce (1963). Laughton, who had given an Oscar …

Watch for a young James Caan in a walk-on role as an American G.I. customer of one of the poules, and yes, that’s Louis Jourdan’s voice as the narrator in the beginning sequence.

When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.

James Caan made his first film appearance as an uncredited extra (the U.S. soldier who spends his screentime with one ear glued to a small radio). Lord X (Jack Lemmon) pays Irma (Shirley …

With its courteous love story and faux Parisian setting, it has the feel of an elaborate stage play – a relic of big-budget studio filmmaking. You get the sense that the zeitgeist has passed Wilder …