Irma la Douce
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:09:01
According to police records,
he is a Romanian chicken thief...

:09:05
... named Constantinescu,
but when he bought this place...

:09:08
... it was called "Chez Moustache" and
it was cheaper to grow a moustache...

:09:12
... than to buy a new sign.
:09:14
Sometimes, at dawn, rich slummers
drop in for a bowl of onion soup.

:09:19
But mostly the clientele consists
of the "poules" and their "macs".

:09:24
You know what a "mac" is?
How do you say it in English?

:09:28
A protector, a consort,
a business manager?

:09:32
Well, stick around, you'll get the idea.
:09:43
- How are we doin'?
- Not bad.

:09:47
Mostly tips. I had
some real pigeons tonight.

:09:51
- Sometimes I wish you were twins.
- Thanks.

:09:55
- What's that?
- What's what? Oh, that.

:09:58
The last one didn't have any more money,
so he gave me a cheque.

:10:01
Now is that nice, Irma,
holding out on me?

:10:03
- It's only ten dollars.
- And you weren't gonna tell me about it?

:10:06
I was gonna put it down
as a deposit, on a hair dryer.

:10:09
A hair dryer?! We're partners, Irma.
You wouldn't wanna cheat me?

:10:14
- Let go, Hippolyte.
- There's such a thing as ethics.

:10:17
You're hurting me, you big ox!
:10:19
If you don't like the way I treat you,
why don't you get yourself another guy?

:10:22
- I will one of these days.
- Why wait? Why not leave me now?

:10:27
I'd take her any time.
:10:29
Oh, you would?
:10:32
- It was just a joke, Hippolyte.
- A joke?

:10:35
So how come nobody's laughing?
:10:49
Now go back to work.
:10:52
Ox.
:10:59
And so it was one big,
happy family around here:


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