The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. It runs long at 2h 33m.
Synopsis
Taxi 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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
96 audience votes
Key crew
- Cy ColemanOriginal Music Composer
- Peter StoneScreenplay
- Bob FosseDirector
Cast
- Shirley MacLaineCharity
- John McMartinOscar
- Chita RiveraNickie
- Paula KellyHelene
- Ricardo MontalbanVittorio
- Sammy Davis Jr.Big Daddy
- Stubby KayeHerman
- Barbara BouchetUrsula
- Suzanne CharnyDancer
- Alan HewittNicholsby
- Dante DiPaoloCharlie
- Bud VestDancer
Stills
Themes
broken engagementcharitymusicalbased on play or musicalcelebritytragic lovedancehall girlbased on movie