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Sabrina (1954)

APPROVED  113 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Romance   -  October 1954 (USA)
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Ratings: 7.8/10 from 20,763 users   Metascore: 72/100 
Reviews: 119 user | 54 critic | 6 from Metacritic.com

A playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur. But it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.

Director:

Billy Wilder

Writers:

Samuel A. Taylor (play), Billy Wilder (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Humphrey Bogart ...
Audrey Hepburn ...
William Holden ...
Walter Hampden Walter Hampden ...
Oliver Larrabee
John Williams John Williams ...
Martha Hyer Martha Hyer ...
Elizabeth Tyson
Joan Vohs Joan Vohs ...
Gretchen Van Horn
Marcel Dalio Marcel Dalio ...
Baron St. Fontanel
Marcel Hillaire Marcel Hillaire ...
The Professor
Nella Walker Nella Walker ...
Francis X. Bushman ...
Mr. Tyson
Ellen Corby Ellen Corby ...
Miss McCardle
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Storyline

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work -- busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play -- technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who has been infatuated with David all her life, but David hardly notices her -- "doesn't even know I exist" -- until she goes away to Paris for two years, and returns an elegant, sophisticated, beautiful woman. Suddenly, she finds that she has captured David's attention, but just as she does so, she finds herself falling in love with Linus, and she finds that Linus is also falling in love with her. Written by Brian C. Madsen <bcmmovies@earthlink.net>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Taglines:

All's fair in love . . . with Sabrina Fair and her men! See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Glykeia mou Sabrina See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$2,238,813 (estimated)

Gross:

$10,000,000 (Worldwide) (January 2004)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

During production Billy Wilder was continuously working on the script. One day he asked Audrey Hepburn to feign illness so he would have enough time to finish the scene to be shot. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Near the beginning of the film, when Linus is explaining his plastic to David, he holds a lighter to the piece of plastic and brags that it cannot scorch. However, as he turns the plastic over, a giant black spot is visible where the plastic was scorched. In the next shot, the spot on presumably the same piece of plastic has disappeared. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Sabrina Fairchild: [voiceover] Once upon a time, on the north shore of Long Island, some thirty miles from New York, there lived a small girl on a large estate. The estate was very large indeed, and had many servants. There were gardeners to take care of the gardens, and a tree surgeon on a retainer...
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Connections

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Soundtracks

"Isn't It Romantic?"
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Sung by an unidentified male singer during the first Larrabee party
Whistled by David while driving in the car
Played when Sabrina and Linus are dancing See more »