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Willard Waterman | Mr. Vanderhoff |
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Shirley MacLaine | Fran Kubelik |
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Fred MacMurray | Jeff D. Sheldrake |
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Ray Walston | Joe Dobisch |
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Jack Kruschen | Dr. Dreyfuss |
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Naomi Stevens | Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss |
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Hope Holiday | Mrs. Margie MacDougall |
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Edie Adams | Miss Olsen |
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Joan Shawlee | Sylvia |
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Johnny Seven | Karl Matuschka |
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David Lewis | Al Kirkeby |
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Joyce Jameson | The Blonde |
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Jack Lemmon | C.C. 'Bud' Baxter |
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Billy Wilder | Producer |
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I.A.L. Diamond | Producer |
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Doane Harrison | Producer |
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Adolph Deutsch | Original Music Composer |
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Joseph LaShelle | Director of Photography |
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Daniel Mandell | Editor |
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Alexandre Trauner | Art Direction |
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Edward G. Boyle | Set Decoration |
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Harry Ray | Makeup Artist |
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Allen K. Wood | Production Manager |
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Milt Rice | Special Effects |
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Don Stott | Gaffer |
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Billy Wilder | Director |
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Billy Wilder | Writer |
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Daniel Mandell | Editing |
"Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise"
Calvin Clifford (C. C.) "Buddy Boy" Baxter (Jack Lemmon) is a lonely office drudge at a national insurance corporation (Consolidated Life of New York - 31,259 employees) in a high-rise building (Desk #861, Section W, Ordinary Policy Department - Premium Accounting Division on the 19th floor) in New York City. In order to climb the corporate ladder, Buddy Boy allows four company managers (Ray Walston, David Lewis, Willard Waterman, and David White) to take turns borrowing his Upper West Side apartment (51 W. 67th St., Apt. 2A) for their various extramarital liaisons, which are so noisy that his neighbors assume that he is bringing home different women every night.The four write glowing reports about Buddy Boy, who hopes for a promotion from the personnel director, Jeff Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray). Sheldrake calls Buddy Boy to his office but says that he has found out why they were so enthusiastic. He gives Buddy Boy the promotion in return for exclusive privileges to borrow the apartment. He insists on using it that same night and, as compensation for such short notice, gives Baxter two company-sponsored tickets to the hit Broadway musical The Music Man.After work, Buddy Boy catches Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), an elevator operator on whom he has had his eye. They agree to meet at the theater after she has a drink with a former fling. The man whom she meets is Sheldrake, who convinces her that he is about to divorce his wife for her. They go to Buddy Boy's apartment as Buddy Boy waits forlornly outside the theater.
Theatrical : 1960-06-15 : New York City
Theatrical : 1960-06-21 : Los Angeles
Theatrical : 1960-07-20 : London
Theatrical : 1960-09-16 : France
Theatrical : 1960-09-16 : West Germany
Theatrical : 1960-10-08 : Japan
Theatrical : 1960-10-28 : Finland
Theatrical : 1960-12-02 : Austria
Theatrical : 1960-12-09 : Italy
Theatrical : 1960-12-26 : Denmark
Theatrical : 1961-01-16 : Sweden
Theatrical : 1961-02-23 : Turkey
Theatrical : 1961-09-04 : Norway
Theatrical : 1961-10-26 : Hong Kong
Theatrical : 1961-11-09 : Portugal
Theatrical : 1962-12-19 : Madrid
Theatrical : 1962-12-23 : Barcelona
Theatrical : 1963-09-06 : German Democratic Republic
Theatrical : 1963-10-04 : Czechoslovakia
Theatrical : 2001-06-29 : Denmark
Theatrical : 2003-08-13 : Belgium
Theatrical : 2004-08-12 : Netherlands
Theatrical : 2008-06-05 : Greece
Theatrical : 2012-06-15 : United Kingdom
Theatrical : 2012-07-11 : France
DVD : 2007-05-21 : Greece
2012-07-01 : France
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