Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
- Suicide or self-harm
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Classical in form, resolved, meticulous and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
Who loves it, who doesn't
27 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Genre Devotees.
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“Is The Apartment better than Some Like It Hot?”
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“Is Jack Lemmon the best thing in The Apartment?”
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Cast
- Jack LemmonC.C. Baxter
- Shirley MacLaineFran Kubelik
- Fred MacMurrayJeff D. Sheldrake
- Ray WalstonJoe Dobisch
- Jack KruschenDr. Dreyfuss
- David LewisAl Kirkeby
- Hope HolidayMargie MacDougall
- Joan ShawleeSylvia
- Naomi StevensMrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
- Johnny SevenKarl Matuschka
Crew
- Billy WilderDirector
- Billy WilderWriter
- I. A. L. DiamondWriter
- Joseph LaShelleDirector of Photography
- Adolph DeutschOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel MandellEditor
- Billy WilderProducer
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Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Curator Co.
