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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

After he learns Scarlett is pregnant, James Cagney moans, "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" This was Edward G. Robinson's famous line from Little Caesar. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: In the Grand Hotel Potemkin scene, Peripetchikoff says "We cannot interfere with internal affairs of sovereign Republic of East Germany." The correct formal name of the country was the German Democratic Republic. See more »

Quotes

Scarlet: Countess? That means everybody has to curtsy to me, except maybe Grace Kelly.
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Soundtracks

"Yes! We Have No Bananas (Ausgerechnet Bananen)"
(uncredited)
Written by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn See more »