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UNITED STATES · 1964

Kiss Me, Stupid

Billy Wilder
Classical Hollywood deception and con artists infidelity and temptation songwriting and music industry small-town schemes sex work and morality
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Synopsis

While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for overnight lodging and enlists a local waitress/call girl to pose as his wife in order to placate Dino's urges.

Year1964
CountryUnited States
DirectorBilly Wilder
MovementClassical Hollywood
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