“Love is what it's all about!”
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.
Bob Fosse
Robert Arthur
Peter Stone
Robert Surtees
Cy Coleman
Shirley MacLaine
Charity
John McMartin
Oscar
Chita Rivera
Nickie
Paula Kelly
Helene
Ricardo Montalban
Vittorio
Sammy Davis Jr.
Big Daddy
Stubby Kaye
Herman
Barbara Bouchet
Ursula
Suzanne Charny
Dancer
Alan Hewitt
Nicholsby
Dante DiPaolo
Charlie
Bud Vest
Dancer
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"Charity" (Shirley MacLaine), "Nickie" (Chita Rivera) and "Helene" (Paula Kelly) are call-girls working in a grotty dance hall. "Charity" is an honest, maybe too honest, gal, but after years going round in circles she needs a decent man in her life. That might just happen when she meets "Oscar" (Joh...
AFI Movie Club: Shirley MacLaine on Bob Fosse and Sweet Charity
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