Can-Can (1960)
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55% of users liked it
(474 ratings)
Cole Porter's Gay Paree musical about the introduction in Montmartre in 1896 of the notorious Can-Can dance, is brought to the screen, filtered through a Rat Pack sensibility. Shirley MacLaine stars as Simone Pistache, the perky and vivacious owner of a Parisian cafe, who, aided by her… More Cole Porter's Gay Paree musical about the introduction in Montmartre in 1896 of the notorious Can-Can dance, is brought to the screen, filtered through a Rat Pack sensibility. Shirley MacLaine stars as Simone Pistache, the perky and vivacious owner of a Parisian cafe, who, aided by her swingin' boyfriend Francois Dumais (Frank Sinatra), is trying to keep her establishment from being closed down by the Paris authorities because of Simone's insistence on treating her patrons to the Can-Can, the salacious dance outlawed by French law. Maurice Chevalier is a kindly French judge who graciously looked the other way, but another hard-nosed judge, Philippe Forrestier (Louis Jordan), turns up the heat on Simone to close her cafe. That is, until Simone turns up the heat on him, and Phillippe falls hard for Simone. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Walter Lang
- Written By
- Dorothy Kingsley, Charles Lederer
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 9, 1960 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A vulgar and lackluster version of Cole Porter's musical set in Gay Paree in 1896.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Despite the star presence of Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine, this is a second-rate musical due to Walter Lang's pedestrian direction but some of Cole Porter's songs are wonderful.
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Cast
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Frank Sinatra
as Francois Durnais
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Shirley MacLaine
as Simone Pistache
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Maurice Chevalier
as Paul Barriere
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Louis Jourdan
as Philippe Forrestier
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Juliet Prowse
as Claudine
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Marcel Dalio
as Andre Headwaiter
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Leon Belasco
as Arturo Orchestra Leader
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Nestor Paiva
as Bailiff
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Jean Del Val
as Judge Merceaux
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Eugene Borden
as Chevrolet
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Jonathan Kidd
as Recorder
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Ann Codee
as League president
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Marc Wilder
as Adam
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Genevieve Aumont
as Secretary
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Peter Coe
as Dupont - policeman
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Marcel dela Brosse
as Plainclothesman
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Renee Godfrey
as Dowager
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Maurice Marsac
as Bailiff
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Alphonse Martell
as Butler
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Lili Valenty
as Dowager
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Wilda Taylor
as Lili
