The Apartment
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The Apartment (1960)

PG
20/07/1960 (GB)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
2h 5m

Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!

Overview

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

  • Billy WilderDirector, Screenplay
  • I. A. L. DiamondScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $3,000,000

  • Revenue

    $25,000,000

Keywords

  • new year's eve
  • new york city
  • lovesickness
  • clerk
  • winter
  • age difference
  • suicide attempt
  • office
  • flat
  • spaghetti
  • tennis racket
  • romcom
  • black and white
  • extramarital affair
  • christmas

Top Billed Cast

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

C.C. Baxter

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Fran Kubelik

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

Jeff D. Sheldrake

Ray Walston

Ray Walston

Joe Dobisch

Jack Kruschen

Jack Kruschen

Dr. Dreyfuss

David Lewis

David Lewis

Al Kirkeby

Hope Holiday

Hope Holiday

Mrs. Margie MacDougall

Joan Shawlee

Joan Shawlee

Sylvia

Naomi Stevens

Naomi Stevens

Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss

Johnny Seven

Johnny Seven

Karl Matuschka

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