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7.5/10 • 382

1961-12-151h 49m

Comedy

Billy Wilder's Explosive New Comedy

C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.

Directors
Billy Wilder
Editors
Daniel Mandell

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  1. James Cagney

    James Cagney

    C.R. MacNamara

  2. Pamela Tiffin

    Pamela Tiffin

    Scarlett Hazeltine

  3. Horst Buchholz

    Horst Buchholz

    Otto Ludwig Piffl

  4. Arlene Francis

    Arlene Francis

    Phyllis MacNamara

  5. Liselotte Pulver

    Liselotte Pulver

    Fräulein Ingeborg

  6. Howard St. John

    Howard St. John

    Wendell P. Hazeltine

  7. Hanns Lothar

    Hanns Lothar

    Schlemmer

  8. Leon Askin

    Leon Askin

    Peripetchikoff

  9. Ralf Wolter

    Ralf Wolter

    Borodenko

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John Chard

Feb 8, 2017

4/10

Amazing Cagney performance in a film that has no resonance now. C.R. MacNamara is the head of Coca-Cola's bottling interests in Germany, he is a forceful man who wants to be all that he can be. He hopes to be the head of European operations for the company and is well on his way until the teenage daughter of Coca-Cola big wig Wendell P. Hazeltine shows up and he is asked to baby-sit her for a two week trip thru the continent. I wish I could have been around to watch this on its release in 1961, for I'm sure I would of laughed my head off at the relevant jokes of the time. Full of communist bluster dialogue and jokes in keeping with the times, One, Two, Three has all the trademarks of a classic Billy Wilder/I.A.L. Diamond picture. Yet viewing it now, one finds that the jokes are tired and weary, and although the frenetic pace of the film is incredible {it really is like a scattergun exploding upon the viewers senses}, the film is something of an archaic oddity. Boasting a quite brilliant performance from James Cagney, the picture is never less than watchable, but the advent of time means the film is stuck firmly in 1961, regardless of the fine work from lead man and director alike. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,000,000.00
Revenue
$4,000,000.00
Keywords
prisoncapitalistberlin, germanyclerkcold warpregnancyatlantacoca-colasoviet unionheadquarteriron curtaintotalitarian regimejokechamber of commerceeast berlinwest berlinprincipalweddingamericanbaffledcheerful