One, Two, Three
Set against Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is assigned to babysit his boss' spoiled seventeen-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more challenging than expected when she reveals she is pregnant by a Communist.
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Billy Wilder
Tom Pevsner
André Smagghe
May Wale Brown
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John Chard
Amazing Cagney performance in a film that has no resonance now. C.R. MacNamara is the head of Coca-Cola's bottling interests in Germany, he is a forceful man who wants to be all that he can be. He hopes to be the head of European operations for the company and is well on his way until the teenage daughter of Coca-Cola big wig Wendell P. Hazeltine shows up and he is asked to baby-sit her for a two week trip thru the continent. I wish I could have been around to watch this on its release in 1961, for I'm sure I would of laughed my head off at the relevant jokes of the time. Full of communist bluster dialogue and jokes in keeping with the times, One, Two, Three has all the trademarks of a classic Billy Wilder/I.A.L. Diamond picture. Yet viewing it now, one finds that the jokes are tired and weary, and although the frenetic pace of the film is incredible {it really is like a scattergun exploding upon the viewers senses}, the film is something of an archaic oddity. Boasting a quite brilliant performance from James Cagney, the picture is never less than watchable, but the advent of time means the film is stuck firmly in 1961, regardless of the fine work from lead man and director alike. 6/10
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The directors of One, Two, Three are Billy Wilder, Tom Pevsner, André Smagghe, and May Wale Brown.
The cast of One, Two, Three includes Leon Askin as Peripetchikoff, Sig Ruman as Count von Droste Schattenburg (voice) (uncredited), Ralf Wolter as Borodenko, Gernot Duda as Suitcase Salesman (uncredited), Horst Buchholz as Otto Ludwig Piffl, James Cagney as C.R. MacNamara, Hubert von Meyerinck as Count von Droste Schattenburg, Otto Friebel as Interrogator (uncredited), Til Kiwe as Reporter, Jaspar von Oertzen as Haberdasher (uncredited), Max Buchsbaum as Tailor (uncredited), Karl Ludwig Lindt as Zeidlitz, and more.
The duration of One, Two, Three is 1h 49 mins.
Yes. You can watch the One, Two, Three trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
One, Two, Three was released on 15 Dec 1961.
One, Two, Three is listed under Comedy on Fanbiz.
One, Two, Three has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 4.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Amazing Cagney performance in a film that has no resonance now. C.R. MacNamara is the head of Coca-Cola's bottling interests in Germany, he is a forceful man who wants to be..."
