One, Two, Three (1961)


One, Two, Three
Release Date15 December 1961
Budget$3,000,000
TaglineBilly Wilder's Explosive New Comedy
GenreComedy
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
LanguageEnglish, German, Russian
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPolitical Satire, Farce, Comedy of Manners
MoodStrictly Speaking
ThemesNothing Goes Right, Americans Abroad, Crumbling Marriages
TonesSatirical, Humorous, Talky, Biting, Irreverent, Quirky
TagsBoss [employer], Communist, Daughter, Executive, Extramarital Affair, Forbidden Love, Germany, Job, Marriage, Pregnancy, Promotion, Transfer
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One, Two, Three is a (1961) American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and written by him and I.A.L. Diamond, based on the 1929 Hungarian one-act play Egy, kettö, három by Ferenc Molnár. The comedy features James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, Leon Askin, Howard St. John, and others. It would be Cagney's last film appearance until Ragtime, 20 years later.


Cast and Crew


Cast

James Cagney
C.R. MacNamara

Horst Buchholz
Otto Ludwig Piffl

Pamela Tiffin
Scarlett Hazeltine

Arlene Francis
Phyllis MacNamara

Howard St. John
Wendell P. Hazeltine

Hanns Lothar
Schlemmer

Leon Askin
Peripetchikoff

Ralf Wolter
Borodenko

Karl Lieffen
Fritz

Hubert von Meyerinck
Count von Droste Schattenburg

Loïs Bolton
Melanie Hazeltine

Peter Capell
Mishkin

Til Kiwe
Reporter

Henning Schlüter
Dr. Bauer

Karl Ludwig Lindt
Zeidlitz

Liselotte Pulver
Fräulein Ingeborg

Christine Allen
Cindy MacNamara

John Allen
Tommy MacNamara

Ivan Arnold
MP corporal

Klaus Becker
East German policeman

Paul Bös
Krause

Max Buchsbaum
Tailor

Werner Buttler
East German policeman

Red Buttons
MP sergeant

Jacques Chevalier
Pierre

Ingrid DeToro
Stewardess

Siegfrid Dornbusch
East German policeman

Otto Friebel
Interrogator

Werner Hessenland
Shoeman

Friedrich Hollaender
Conductor at Grand Hotel

Rose Renée Roth
Berta

Sig Ruman
Count von Droste Schattenburg

Helmut Schmid
East German policeman

Abi von Hasse
Jeweler

Jaspar von Oertzen
Haberdasher

Director

Billy Wilder
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I.A.L. Diamond

Producer

I.A.L. Diamond
associate producer

Doane Harrison
associate producer

Billy Wilder
producer

Cinematographer

Daniel L. Fapp

Editor

Daniel Mandell
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Production Designer

Robert Stratil
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Heinrich Weidemann
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Art Director

Alexandre Trauner

Production Manager

William A. Calihan Jr.
production manager

Werner Fischer
production manager

Conrad von Molo
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tom Pevsner
assistant director

André Smagghe
second unit director

Sound Department

Basil Fenton-Smith
sound

Del Harris
sound effects editor

Special Effects

Milt Rice
special effects

Music Department

Richard Carruth
music editor

André Previn
music adapted by, conductor

Other Crew

May Wale Brown
continuity

Production Company

Mirisch Corporation, The
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Pyramid Productions Inc.
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Distributor

United Artists

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

United Pictures Finland

Image Entertainment

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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MGM Home Entertainment
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Cinema Mondo

MGM Home Entertainment

Chapel Distribution

Miscellaneous

Mirisch Production Company, The
presents

Westrex Recording System
sound recording