Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity

1969 · 153 min · EN · G · 6.9 (98 votes)
Dir. Bob Fosse · Starring Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr. · Music Cy Coleman

“Love is what it's all about!”

ComedyRomanceDrama

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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A vibrant, bittersweet musical about enduring hope in the face of life's disappointments. It's a dazzling, yet poignant, look at a dancer's search for true love amidst the glitz and grit of the city.

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