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Billy Wilder's Explosive New Comedy - One, Two, Three
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Title: One, Two, Three

Release Date: 15 Dec 1961

Runtime: 1h 49m

Genre: Comedy

Director: The Mirisch Company, United Artists

Production Companies: The Mirisch Company, United Artists

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.538 (373 votes)

Cast

  • C.R. MacNamara: James Cagney
  • Fräulein Ingeborg: Liselotte Pulver
  • Otto Ludwig Piffl: Horst Buchholz
  • Scarlett Hazeltine: Pamela Tiffin
  • Wendell P. Hazeltine: Howard St. John
  • Melanie Hazeltine: Loïs Bolton
  • Schlemmer: Hanns Lothar
  • Fritz: Karl Lieffen
  • Phyllis MacNamara: Arlene Francis
  • Peripetchikoff: Leon Askin
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