Sweet Charity

About Sweet Charity

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.

Sweet Charity is a 1969 comedy romance film directed by Bob Fosse. Its themes are celebrity, based on movie, tragic love, and charity.

Shirley MacLaine stars as Charity, John McMartin as Oscar, Chita Rivera as Nickie, and Paula Kelly as Helene. At 153 minutes long, it arrived in February 1969.

The screenplay is by Peter Stone. The film began as a stage production.

Wicked, Hairspray, and West Side Story make useful companions to Sweet Charity, all filed under musical and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 98 votes and it carries a G rating.