Sweet Charity (1969)

Musical directed by Bob Fosse and written by Neil Simon, adapted from the stage musical. 

Shirley MacLaine plays Charity, a dancer who dreams of falling in love. She’s unlucky with a thief and a film star, but then she gets trapped in a lift with the nervous Oscar Lindquist (John McMartin), who she eventually comes to believe really loves her. 

It’s extremely unusual. It's big on colour, with the bright pinks and purples of the Batman TV series. There's a bizarre, bolted-on psychedelic interlude featuring Sammy Davis Jr. And there's an intriguing use of stills amid the action. 

I was disappointed with the ending, and it was interesting to find an alternative – and superior – conclusion as one of the DVD extras.

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