3 Movies Starring Lou Jacobi

Irma la Douce

Irma la Douce

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-06-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

147 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (11931 Reviews)

Director:

Billy Wilder

Cast:

Writer:

Alexandre Breffort (play)

Billy Wilder

I.A.L. Diamond

Fullplot:

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.

Avalon

Avalon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-10-19

Languages:

English, Yiddish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4593 Reviews)

Director:

Barry Levinson

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A Polish-Jewish family arrives in the US at the beginning of the century and they and their children try to build themselves a better future in the promised land.

I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore

I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-04-24

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (256 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jonnie Lindsell

R. Ross Meszaros (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

Bernie Fishbine is overweight. He stops at the neighborhood store to buy some chocolate kisses every day. This is where he meets Theresa Garabaldi. Then they take the same bus route every evening. Theresa invites Bernie to see her play piano at her father's restaurant. It is here that she gets him to join a gym. Theresa is in college and gets the idea to write about Bernie's weight problem for her thesis. She does this without telling Bernie. Meanwhile, Bernie is falling in love with Theresa, and vice versa.

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