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One, Two, Three is a 1961 American political comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, and written by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond. It is based on the 1929 Hungarian one-act play Egy, kettő, három by Ferenc Molnár , with a "plot borrowed partly from" Ninotchka , a 1939 film co-written by Wilder.
One, Two, Three: Directed by Billy Wilder. With James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis. In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.
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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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One, Two, Three, American screwball comedy film, released in 1961, that was directed by Billy Wilder and was based on a one-act play by Ferenc Molnár. The film is set during the Cold War and is noted for its lightning-fast pace.
James Cagney portrayed the brutish, wildly fast-talking head of Coca Cola’s West Berlin operation who finds himself coping simultaneously with a failing marriage, Soviet industrial spies, and the unenviable task of safeguarding his boss’s teenage daughter, Scarlett (played by Pamela Tiffin). His problems multiply when Scarlett reveals her impulsive marriage to a committed communist (played by Horst Buchholz), giving Cagney’s character just one day to resolve the issue before her father comes to collect her.
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•Studio: United Artists
•Director: Billy Wilder
•Writers: Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
•Music: André Previn
•James Cagney (C.R. MacNamara)
•Horst Buchholz (Otto)
•Pamela Tiffin (Scarlett Hazeltine)
•Arlene Francis (Phyllis MacNamara)
•Howard St. John (Wendell P. Hazeltine)
•Hanns Lothar (Schlemmer)
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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.
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.
