Irma la Douce (1963)

Naive, by-the-book French police officer Nestor Patou is transferred to the Red Light district. Upon witnessing what must be a brothel, he calls the station, organizes a raid, and transports all the "ladies" to the jail. Unfortunately, this 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 that he is her pimp now. He does not like the thought of his girl seeing other men, so he comes up with a plan.

Billy Wilder

Alexandre Breffort Billy Wilder I.A.L. Diamond

Alexandre Breffort Billy Wilder Bruce Yarnell Cliff Osmond Diki Lerner Grace Lee Whitney Herb Jones Herschel Bernardi Hope Holiday Howard McNear I.A.L. Diamond Jack Lemmon James Brown Jane Earl Joan Shawlee Lou Jacobi Lou Krugman Paul Dubov Ruth Earl Shirley MacLaine Tura Satana