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One, Two, Three( 1961)

TV-MAComedy
75%
User
Score

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

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      James Cagney

      C.R. MacNamara

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      Liselotte Pulver

      Fräulein Ingeborg

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      Horst Buchholz

      Otto Ludwig Piffl

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      Pamela Tiffin

      Scarlett Hazeltine

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      Howard St. John

      Wendell P. Hazeltine

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      Loïs Bolton

      Melanie Hazeltine

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      Hanns Lothar

      Schlemmer

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      Karl Lieffen

      Fritz

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      Arlene Francis

      Phyllis MacNamara

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      Leon Askin

      Peripetchikoff

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      Ralf Wolter

      Borodenko

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      Hubert von Meyerinck

      Count von Droste Schattenburg

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      Peter Capell

      Mishkin

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      Til Kiwe

      Reporter

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      Henning Schlüter

      Dr. Bauer

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      Karl Ludwig Lindt

      Zeidlitz

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      Christine Allen

      Cindy MacNamara

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      John Allen

      Tommy MacNamara

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      John Banner

      Krause / Haberdrasher (voice)

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      Max Buchsbaum

      Tailor (uncredited)

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      Werner Buttler

      East German Policeman (uncredited)

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      Red Buttons

      MP Sergeant (uncredited)

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      Paul Bös

      Krause (uncredited)

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      Josef Coesfeld

      Hairdresser (uncredited)

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      Siegfried Dornbusch

      East German Policeman (uncredited)

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      Gernot Duda

      Suitcase Salesman (uncredited)

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      Otto Friebel

      Interrogator (uncredited)

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      Friedrich Hollaender

      Conductor at Grand Hotel (uncredited)

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      Rose Renée Roth

      Berta (uncredited)

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      Sig Ruman

      Count von Droste Schattenburg (voice) (uncredited)

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      Helmut Schmid

      East German Policeman (uncredited)

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      Jaspar von Oertzen

      Haberdasher (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    4
    Written by John Chard on Wed Feb 08 2017
    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 communis...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    3000000.00

    Revenue

    4000000.00

    Keywords

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