![]() ![]() Wilder's anarchic satire targets Communism, Coca-Cola, rock n' roll, bureaucratic inefficiency, teenage lust, middle-aged lust, and everything else which wanders into range in this briskly paced farce, which features a vigorous James Cagney in his last leading screen role. finds out that Scarlett is pregnant, and realizes he has only twelve hours to get Piffl released and turn him into an acceptable son-in-law for his boss. After he gets Piffl arrested by the East German police, who torture him by forcing him to listen to "Itsy-Bitsy-Teeny-Weeny Yellow Polka-dot Bikini" repeatedly, C.J. By the time McNamara learns this small detail, his boss (Howard St. ![]() He soon learns that his real job is babysitting his boss's 17-year-old daughter Scarlett (Pamela Tiffin), who has secretly married volatile Communist Otto Piffl (Horst Bucholz) during her soujourn. ![]() is stationed, she reveals that she is married to a communist named Otto Piffl and C.R. The film is set during the Cold War and is noted for its lightning-fast pace. Hazeltine’s rebellious teenage daughter, Scarlett. One, Two, Three, American screwball comedy film, released in 1961, that was directed by Billy Wilder and was based on a one-act play by Ferenc Molnr. MacNamara, a Coca-Cola executive who comes to West Berlin to promote the sugary brew on the other side of the Iron Curtain, hoping, in the process, to be promoted to the post of director of West European operations. MacNamara will do anything to get a promotion within the Coca-Cola company, including looking after boss W.P. Billy Wilder's Cold War satire, derived from an energetic Molnar comedy the director had seen in 1929, probably owes as much to NINOTCHKA, perhaps the best known film of his idol Ernst Lubitsch. RM 2BKBGXG Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin & James Cagney Film: One, Two, Three (USA 1961) Director: Billy Wilder 15 December 1961 CTN47518 Allstar Picture Library Limited/United Artists Warning This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of United Artists and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or. ![]()
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