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6.9Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
Released: 1969-02-25153 minDir: Bob FosseComedy, Music, Romance, DramaBudget: $8.0MBox office: $20.0M
Cast
- Shirley MacLaine as Charity
- John McMartin as Oscar
- Chita Rivera as Nickie
- Paula Kelly as Helene
- Ricardo Montalban as Vittorio
- Sammy Davis Jr. as Big Daddy
Themes
- broken engagement
- charity
- based on play or musical
- celebrity
- tragic love
- dancehall girl
- based on movie
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
7,040 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 149 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Nights of Cabiria
- Director
- Bob Fosse
- Screenwriter
- Ennio Flaiano
- Cast member
- Dante DiPaolo
- Composer
- Cy Coleman
- Producer
- Robert Arthur
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Robert L. Surtees
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 154
- FilmAffinity ID
- 588595
- Image
- John McMartin-Shirley MacLaine in Sweet Charity trailer.jpg
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- publication date
- 1969-01-01
- film editor
- Stuart Gilmore
- title
- Sweet Charity
- Commons category
- Sweet Charity (film)
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- review score
- 82%
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