

Sweet Charity
1969-02-25 · 153 min · ★ 6.9
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Bob Fosse
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 8,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 20,000,000
Top 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
Ben VereenDancer
Lee Roy ReamsDancer
Toni BasilDancer (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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