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Synopsis: Naive, by the book French police officer Nester Patou, is transferred to the Red Light district. Upon witnessing what must be a brothel, he calls the station and organizes a raid, transporting all the 'ladies' to the jail. This unfortunately disrupts the well organized system of the police and the Pimps union. Not to mention inadvertently netting his station superior at the brothel. Fired, he goes to a bar to drink, is befriended by Irma, beats up her pimp, and finds he is now Irma's new pimp. Nester's doesn't like the thought of his girl seeing other men, so comes up with a plan.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Billy Wilder
Production: United Artists
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
NOT RATED
Year:
1963
147 min
1,008 Views


That you can do anywhere,

anytime, to anybody.

But if you want a little warmth, a shoulder

to cry on, a smile to cuddle up with...

...you have to hide in dark corners

like a criminal. Pfui!

- I wouldn't call that love.

- Spoken like a petit bourgeois.

It's flagrant vice

and must be stamped out.

My dear boy, your thinking is not

only fuzzy, it's economically unsound.

And I know what I'm talking about.

I used to be professor

of economics at the Sorbonne.

- A professor?

- For six years, but that's another story.

Then you should agree decent citizens

have a right to be protected from this.

Let's take one, married for 20 years,

works hard all day selling baby carriages.

In the evening he wants

a little fun, companionship.

So he comes to Rue Casanova. He meets

a girl, she gives him companionship...

...he gives her money.

She gives it to her boyfriend...

...the boyfriend spends it on drinks,

on cuff links, at the racetrack.

Sometimes he even pays

a little money to a policeman.

- Bribe a policeman?

- That's the beauty of it.

The policeman takes it and buys

a baby carriage from the decent citizen.

Thusly, money is kept in circulation.

Everybody's prosperous,

everybody's happy.

- I don't believe it.

- It's elementary.

I don't believe there are

policemen who take money.

Oh, not all policemen take money.

Some of the higher-ups have a more

intimate arrangement with the girls.

Well, there's one policeman

around here who isn't corrupt.

You wouldn't know the number

of the police station, would you?

Central 5288. But I wouldn't be

so impetuous if I were you.

Have your Vichy.

Desk sergeant? It's Officer Patou. I want

a police van sent to the Hotel Casanova.

Violation of section 34

of the criminal code.

Not littering the sidewalks, that's section

43. This is lewd and immoral conduct.

There goes another couple.

I'm gonna raid the place.

You're asking for trouble, my friend.

To be too honest in a dishonest world is

like plucking a chicken against the wind.

You'll only wind up

with a mouthful of feathers.

Don't worry, old man.

I know what I'm doing.

- Do you have a fire alarm here?

- Oh, a fire?

Oh, yes. It's right over there.

Yes, Officer.

Oh, it's in perfect working order.

Wh... wh... where is the fire?

Right here.

Oh, no, that's hot! It's hot!

Oh, no, you don't. You're under arrest.

All right! All right, everybody.

Everybody, the party's over!

- Girls on this side, men over here.

- Hey, what is this?

- A raid.

- On a Monday?

- It's supposed to be every other Friday.

- Can I go and get my stockings?

- No. Come on.

- You oughta pay me half.

- It wasn't my fault.

- I don't know what she's talkin' about.

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Alexandre Breffort

Alexandre Breffort (1901–1971) was a French screenwriter. more…

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