Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity ★★★ 1969
An ever-optimistic dime-a-dance girl has a hard time finding a classy guy to marry. MacLaine is appealing in this big-budget version of the popular Broadway musical by Neil Simon (derived from Fellini's “Notti di Cabiria”). Fosse's debut as film director. Watch for Cort as a flower child. ♫My Personal Property; It's a Nice Face; Hey, Big Spender; Rich Man's Frug; If My Friends Could See Me Now; There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This; Rhythm of Life; Sweet Charity; I'm a Brass Band. 148m/C VHS, DVD . Shirley MacLaine, Chita Rivera, John McMartin, Paula Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr., Ricardo Montalban, Bud Cort; D: Bob Fosse; C: Robert L. Surtees; M: Cy Coleman.
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