Watch this film on dvd and get the wide screen version if you can. With jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, lou jacobi, bruce yarnell. Wilder decided not to transfer the musical version from its broadway production because musicals were suddenly not doing well at the box office. Jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, lou jacobi, bruce yarnell, hope holiday, herschel bernardi. A policeman is reassigned to pariss red light district, where he discovers that the cops ignore the rampant prostitution in exchange for bribes. Established in 1972, quad cinema is new yorks original multiscreen cinema. He handles the italian, russian, german and french with ease, and while it is a highly dramatic. In paris, a former policeman falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to. Set in an area tourists seek, but so seldom find, its musical idiom, its moral atmosphere, its plot and its argot are part of paris not even all parisians know. Joan marcus eric grunin, critic for its third and last production of the season, new york city center encores.
Simply home entertainment po box 7741, ringwood, bh24 9fa. Banned from tv for many years by network censors, it began as a broadway play and ran from sep 29, 1960 to dec 31, 1961 playing at both the plymouth theatre and the alvin theatre in new york. Pal movies comming from europe was possible to reproduce this dvd made in usa. The film also received oscar nominations for best actress in a leading role. Patou falls for irma and begins to pay her for her time as long as she. If you find yourself critical of the film, remember that this is late 50s, early 60s america. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled.
Naive, by the book french police officer nester patou, is transferred to the red light district. However, far more repellent than any of lord xs mugging is the films basic stance on. The difference can only be seen on a large monitor, where the difference in definition and apparent line structure becomes visible. Upon witnessing what must be a brothel, he calls the station and organizes a raid, transporting all the ladies to the jail.
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