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A tiypical Billy Wilder comedy. Fun and with great script and performance from Jack Lemmon.
A must to see.
The Apartment
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
6/21/1960
125
Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
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- Writers:
- Revenue:
- $25,000,000
- Budget:
- $3,000,000
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Cast
Jack LemmonC.C. Baxter
Shirley MacLaineFran Kubelik- Fred MacMurrayJeff D. Sheldrake
- Ray WalstonJoe Dobisch
- Jack KruschenDr. Dreyfuss
- David LewisAl Kirkeby
- Hope HolidayMrs. Margie MacDougall
- Joan ShawleeSylvia
- Naomi StevensMrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
- Johnny SevenKarl Matuschka
- Joyce JamesonThe Blonde
- Willard WatermanMr. Vanderhoff
- David WhiteMr. Eichelberger
- Edie AdamsMiss Olsen
- Dorothy AbbottOffice Worker (uncredited)
- Ralph MoratzOffice Worker (uncredited)
Reviews
tmdb47633491
Essential viewing once a year for soul maintenance
FilipeManuelNeto
It's a good movie, but Best Picture at the Oscars? Frankly
I really enjoyed this film, largely thanks to the lightness of its story, and the funny way in which the film plays with the situation in which the protagonist finds himself intertwined. The film was, in fact, the big winner of the Oscars in its year, with ten nominations and five statuettes (Best Editing, Best Art Direction in Black and White, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and, the icing on the cake, Best movie). However, if we observe that that year were also nominated for much more memorable films such as Spartacus or Psycho, it is questionable whether this film really deserved to be considered the best film of the year.
The script is based on the difficulties...