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Can-Can
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Dorothy Kingsley (screenplay) and
Charles Lederer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 March 1960 (USA) more
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The Entertainment Event of the Year!
Plot:
1896, Montmartre: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Nevertheless... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations more
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A high good time! more (14 total)

Cast

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Frank Sinatra ... François Durnais

Shirley MacLaine ... Simone Pistache

Maurice Chevalier ... Paul Barriere
Louis Jourdan ... Philipe Forrestier
Juliet Prowse ... Claudine
Marcel Dalio ... Andre - the head waiter
Leon Belasco ... Arturo - orchestra leader
Nestor Paiva ... Bailiff
John A. Neris ... Jacques - the Photographer
Jean Del Val ... Judge Merceaux
Ann Codee ... League president
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Also Known As:
Cole Porter's Can-Can (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
131 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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Mono (35mm) (optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm) (magnetic prints)
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Gwen Verdon won the 1954 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Musical for "Can-Can". more
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François Durnais: You look like a broken umbrella. more
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It's All Right With Me more

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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A high good time!, 28 July 2001
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Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

I was all set to dislike "Can-Can" for a variety of reasons (not the least of which is Frank Sinatra cast in a musical set in 1896 France...Frank Sinatra??), but the film is a lot of fun. Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine are in good spirits throughout this pleasing adaptation of the stage-success about a dance-hall proprietress who defends her right to perform the scandalous title-named dance, deemed lascivious in its day. It runs a little too long, and MacLaine is more comfortable in her love scenes with Ol' Blue Eyes than with Louis Jourdan (who doesn't match up well with Shirley at all--he looks puny next to her), but otherwise it's surprisingly enjoyable and Juliet Prowse gives her small part as a dancer a great deal of zest. **1/2 from ****

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