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One, Two, Three

"Billy Wilder's Explosive New Comedy"

In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.

Top Cast

  • James Cagney

    James Cagney

    C.R. MacNamara

  • Horst Buchholz

    Horst Buchholz

    Otto Ludwig Piffl

  • Pamela Tiffin

    Pamela Tiffin

    Scarlett Hazeltine

  • Arlene Francis

    Arlene Francis

    Phyllis MacNamara

  • Liselotte Pulver

    Liselotte Pulver

    Fräulein Ingeborg

  • Hanns Lothar

    Hanns Lothar

    Schlemmer

  • Howard St. John

    Howard St. John

    Wendell P. Hazeltine

  • Leon Askin

    Leon Askin

    Peripetchikoff

  • Ralf Wolter

    Ralf Wolter

    Borodenko

Overview

In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.

Rating

7.5 / 10
422 Reviews
2 Popular

1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    4 Feb 8, 2017

    Amazing Cagney performance in a film that has no resonance now. C.R. MacNamara is the head of Coca-Cola's bottling interests in Germany, he is a forceful man who wants to be all that he can be. He hopes to be the head of European operations for the company and is well on his way until the teenage daughter of Coca-Cola big wig Wendell P. Hazeltine shows up and he is asked to baby-sit her for a two week trip thru the continent. I wish I could have been around to watch this on its release in 1961, for I'm sure I would of laughed my head off at the relevant jokes of the time. Full of communist bluster dialogue and jokes in keeping with the times, One, Two, Three has all the trademarks of a classic Billy Wilder/I.A.L. Diamond picture. Yet viewing it now, one finds that the jokes are tired and weary, and although the frenetic pace of the film is incredible {it really is like a scattergun exploding upon the viewers senses}, the film is something of an archaic oddity. Boasting a quite brilliant performance from James Cagney, the picture is never less than watchable, but the advent of time means the film is stuck firmly in 1961, regardless of the fine work from lead man and director alike. 6/10

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