Les Girls

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Dec 26 1957 Approved 1h 54m
Comedy, Musical

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.

Plot

In London, the former dancer of the Barry Nichols and Les Girls Company and presently Lady Sybil Wren is sued by her former roommate and fellow dancer Angèle Ducros. Sybil wrote a best-seller based on her memoirs from the time she was a dancer and lived with Angèle and Joanne 'Joy' Henderson and in a chapter she discloses the affair of Angèle with Barry and how she committed an attempt of suicide when Barry left her. However, Angèle tells a different story to the court and discloses that Sybil was indeed who had an affair with Barry. Finally Barry comes to the court and tells his side of the story.

Written by

John Patrick, Vera Caspary

Directed by

George Cukor

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sol C. Siegel Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 7 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
3,301
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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