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My Friend Irma Goes West

1950 · 91 min

A breezy, silly romp full of slapstick and song, easy to watch and forget.

Tagline
You'll Say: "FUNNIEST" picture of my Life!
Overview
Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train and end up involved with a gang of murderous gangsters in Las Vegas.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • crime
  • celebrity
  • music
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Hal Walker
Written by
Parke Levy, Cy Howard
Starring
Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, John Lund, Corinne Calvet, Lloyd Corrigan, Don Porter
Music
Leigh Harline
Cinematography
Lee Garmes
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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