Irma la Douce

Irma la Douce
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBilly Wilder
Screenplay by
Based onIrma la Douce
1956 play
by Alexandre Breffort
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJoseph LaShelle
Edited byDaniel Mandell
Music byAndré Previn
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • June 5, 1963 (1963-06-05)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$25.2 million[2]

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 1956 French stage musical of the same name by Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort.[3] The film stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.

  1. ^ Box Office Information for Irma la Douce. IMDb via Internet Archive. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Box Office Information for Irma la Douce. The Numbers. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Tibbetts, John C. (2000). Video Versions: Film Adaptations of Plays on Video. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-313-30185-8.