
Charlie, as the proprietor of a delicatessen, finds it impossible to resist the attractions of a pretty little manicurist next door and equally impossible to carry on his flirtation without getting into trouble with his wife..

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body{background-color:black;color:white;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;margin:0;padding:20px;} When the camera first lingers on Charlie’s cramped delicatessen, the viewer is greeted with a tableau of quotidian routine: the clatter of tins, the scent of cured meats, and the proprietor’s genial sm...

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"body{background-color:black;color:white;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;margin:0;padding:20px;} When the camera first lingers on Charlie’s cramped delicatessen, the viewer is greeted with a tableau of quotidian routine: the clatter of tins, the scent of cured meats, and the proprietor’s genial smile that masks an undercurrent of yearning. Charles Murray inhabits the role with a subtle gravitas that belies the film’s comedic veneer, allowing the audience to sense the simmer..."


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