One, Two, Three (1961)

NR12/15/1961Comedy1h 49m
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Billy Wilder's Explosive New Comedy

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    James Cagney

    C.R. MacNamara

  2. Cast 1

    Horst Buchholz

    Otto Ludwig Piffl

  3. Cast 1

    Pamela Tiffin

    Scarlett Hazeltine

  4. Cast 1

    Arlene Francis

    Phyllis MacNamara

  5. Cast 1

    Howard St. John

    Wendell P. Hazeltine

  6. Cast 1

    Hanns Lothar

    Schlemmer

  7. Cast 1

    Leon Askin

    Peripetchikoff

  8. Cast 1

    Ralf Wolter

    Borodenko

  9. Cast 1

    Karl Lieffen

    Fritz

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 communi...