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Programme Information

Oscar-winning comedy about an ambitious insurance clerk whose conscientious work habits fail to win him promotion, but things take a turn for the better and his career skyrockets after he loans out his apartment to company executives and their girlfriends.

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Oscar Best Picture, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Actor Nominee, Oscar Best Actress Nominee

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1960) (4 Star)

Cast:

Jack Lemmon	.... C.C. 'Bud' Baxter
Shirley MacLaine	.... Fran Kubelik
Fred MacMurray	.... Jeff Sheldrake
Ray Walston	.... Joe Dobisch
Jack Kruschen	.... Dr. Dreyfuss
David Lewis	.... Al Kirkeby

Supporting Cast:

Hope Holiday	.... Mrs. Margie MacDougall
Joan Shawlee	.... Sylvia
Naomi Stevens	.... Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
Johnny Seven	.... Karl Matuschka
Joyce Jameson	.... The blonde
Willard Waterman	.... Mr. Vanderhoff
David A.R. White	.... Mr. Eichelberger
Edie Adams	.... Miss Olsen

Directors:

Billy Wilder

Writers:

Billy Wilder
I.A.L. Diamond

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