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One, Two, Three (1961)

APPROVED  115 min  -  Comedy   -  15 December 1961 (USA)
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Comedy about Coca-Cola's man in West Berlin, who may be fired if he can't keep his American boss's daughter from marrying a Communist.

Director:

Billy Wilder

Writers:

Billy Wilder (screenplay), I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Cagney ...
Horst Buchholz ...
Pamela Tiffin Pamela Tiffin ...
Scarlett Hazeltine
Arlene Francis ...
Phyllis MacNamara
Howard St. John Howard St. John ...
Wendell P. Hazeltine
Hanns Lothar Hanns Lothar ...
Leon Askin ...
Ralf Wolter Ralf Wolter ...
Borodenko
Karl Lieffen Karl Lieffen ...
Fritz
Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert von Meyerinck ...
Count von Droste Schattenburg
Loïs Bolton Loïs Bolton ...
Melanie Hazeltine (as Lois Bolton)
Peter Capell Peter Capell ...
Til Kiwe Til Kiwe ...
Reporter
Henning Schlüter Henning Schlüter ...
Dr. Bauer
Karl Ludwig Lindt Karl Ludwig Lindt ...
Zeidlitz
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Storyline

Berlin is the epitome of political and economic polarization. A microcosm of that polarization is the life of American C.R. MacNamara, known as Mac to his friends. He is Coca-Cola's head of West Berlin operations, although he feels he deserves to be Coca-Cola's head of European operations based in London. Mac's wife, Phyllis, wants him instead to get a steady and stable job back in head office in Atlanta. His West Berlin staff are all still used to treating him like their old master, the Fuhrer. The one exception is his secretary, Ingeborg, who is the latest in the long line of his secretary mistresses. And he's working on a trade agreement of getting Coca-Cola into the Russian market. His life goes into a tailspin when he hosts Scarlett Hazeltine in his home for two weeks. She is the seventeen year old spoiled and party-loving daughter of his Atlanta based boss, Wendell Hazeltine... Written by Huggo  

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Plot Keywords:

Coca Cola | Communist | American | Germany | Sexy Secretary  | See more »

Taglines:

Billy Wilder's Explosive New Comedy

Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Russian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Eins, zwei, drei See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Finland: (1962) (banned version)  | Canada: (Ontario)  | UK:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The English voices of Paul Bös (Krause) and Jaspar von Oertzen (Haberdasher) are provided by John Banner. See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the end of the first verse of "Yes, We Have No Bananas", the orchestra leader stops singing the song and closes his mouth while on the soundtrack his voice continues singing. See more »

Quotes

C.R. MacNamara: Any world that can produce the Taj Mahal, William Shakespeare, and Stripe toothpaste can't be all bad.
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Connections

Edited into Amérique, notre histoire (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Sabre Dance"
(uncredited)
from "Gayaneh"
Music by Aram Khachaturyan See more »