The Balcony 1963  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Strick
Cast: Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant, Peter Brocco, Ruby Dee, Kent Smith, Jeff Corey, Leonard Nimoy, Joyce Jameson, Arnette Jens
This satire on politics and religion takes place in a house of prostitution, in which Irma (Shelley Winters) is the madam. The country is in the midst of a revolution, and the police chief (Peter Falk) works with Irma to get her customers to pose as the slain leaders of the country. He hopes that seeing the "leaders" in public will reassure the people and suppress the revolution.
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