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Director: Billy Wilder
Genres: Romantic Comedy, Workplace Comedy, Urban Comedy, Comedy Drama
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Summary:
Widely regarded as a comedy in 1960, The Apartment seems more melancholy with each passing year. Jack Lemmon plays C.C. Baxter, a go-getting office worker who loans his tiny apartment to his philandering superiors for their romantic trysts. He runs into trouble when he finds himself sharing a girlfriend (Shirley MacLaine) with his callous boss (Fred MacMurray). Director/co-wr... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Jack Lemmon - (C.C. Baxter)
Shirley MacLaine - (Fran Kubelik)
Fred MacMurray - (J.D. Sheldrake)
Ray Walston - (Mr. Joe Dobisch)
Edie Adams - (Miss Olsen)
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Review:
Billy_Wilder always liked to thread a strong streak of cynicism through his comedies, and he rarely made a film with a darker undertow than The Apartment. The effervescent comic charm of Jack_Lemmon and quirky beauty of Shirley MacLaine give the film a palatable sweetness (while she would be given more glamorous treatment in later films... Continue >>

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