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The Apartment is a 1960 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond. It stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Willard Waterman, David White, Hope Holiday and Edie Adams.
A classic film by Billy Wilder about a man who lets his bosses use his apartment for affairs and falls in love with a secretary. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Billy Wilder
- 1960-06-29
Jul 22, 2001 · A classic film by Billy Wilder about a lonely man (Jack Lemmon) who lets his bosses use his apartment for their affairs, and falls in love with one of them (Shirley MacLaine). Ebert praises the film's balance of farce and sadness, its widescreen cinematography, and its witty dialogue.
A comedy-drama about a lonely insurance clerk who lets his bosses use his apartment for affairs, and falls in love with a secretary. Read the full plot summary, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this classic film.
Insurance worker C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) lends his Upper West Side apartment to company bosses to use for extramarital affairs.
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- Jack Lemmon
- Billy Wilder
- Comedy, Drama
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Ambitious insurance clerk C.C. "Bud" Baxter (Jack Lemmon) attempts to climb the corporate ladder by loaning his apartment key to his superiors for their extramarital affairs, but the plan ...
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In New York in November 1959, C. C. "Buddy" Baxter toils in anonymity in the vast, impersonal offices of Consolidated Life Insurance. At his small apartment, however, Buddy has attracted the attention of several Consolidated executives who "borrow" the space for their extramarital trysts.