The Apartment
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1960
2h 5m
PG
English
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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The Apartment
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.
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Cast
C.C. Baxter
Fran Kubelik
Jeff D. Sheldrake
Joe Dobisch
Dr. Dreyfuss
Al Kirkeby
Mrs. Margie MacDougall
Sylvia
Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
Karl Matuschka
The Blonde
Mr. Vanderhoff
Mr. Eichelberger
Miss Olsen
Office Worker (uncredited)
Office Worker (uncredited)
Office Maintenance Man (uncredited)
TV Movie Host (uncredited)
Charlie - Bartender (uncredited)
Elevator Supervisor with Clicker (u...
Bit Part (uncredited)
Messenger (uncredited)
Man in Santa Claus Suit (uncredited...
Office Worker (uncredited)
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Directed By: Billy Wilder
Written By: Billy Wilder (Screenplay), I. A. L. Diamond (Screenplay)
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AndrewBloom
CONTAINS SPOILERS/10 4 years ago
[7.3/10] It’s strange how resonant certain elements of *The Apartment* remain sixty years later. C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) is basically running the extra-marital affair equivalent of an Airbnb out of his apartment to otherwise makeup for his dead-end job. There’s classism at play here, with the More
LarZieJ
/10 3 years ago
"That's the way it crumbles... cookie-wise."
First time rewatching "The Apartment" since I first saw it and I just had joined Letterboxd with an account and I must say, it is still as great as it was then.
Billy Wilder knows people watching this know that 2 plus 2 is 4. He doesn't have to hol More
First time rewatching "The Apartment" since I first saw it and I just had joined Letterboxd with an account and I must say, it is still as great as it was then.
Billy Wilder knows people watching this know that 2 plus 2 is 4. He doesn't have to hol More
Filipe Manuel Dias Neto
2 years ago
**It's a good movie, but Best Picture at the Oscars? Frankly…**
I really enjoyed this film, largely thanks to the lightness of its story, and the funny way in which the film plays with the situation in which the protagonist finds himself intertwined. The film was, in fact, the big winner of the More
I really enjoyed this film, largely thanks to the lightness of its story, and the funny way in which the film plays with the situation in which the protagonist finds himself intertwined. The film was, in fact, the big winner of the More
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