Story Line
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.
“Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!”
Top Cast
Jack Lemmon
C.C. Baxter
Shirley MacLaine
Fran Kubelik
Fred MacMurray
Jeff D. Sheldrake
Ray Walston
Joe Dobisch
Jack Kruschen
Dr. Dreyfuss
David Lewis
Al Kirkeby
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Rating
8.2/ 10
Release Date
1960-06-21
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
ComedyDramaRomance
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User Reviews (4)
Andres Gomez
8/10
•1/8/2013A tiypical Billy Wilder comedy. Fun and with great script and performance from Jack Lemmon.
A must to see.
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9/10
•5/9/2018Essential viewing once a year for soul maintenance
Filipe Manuel Neto
7/10
•10/30/2022**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 intertwin...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•2/4/2025"Baxter" (Jack Lemmon) has hit on an unique way to work his way up the greasy pole. He sublets his apartment, by the evening, to his bosses at work so they can entertain their lady friends - all in the hope that promotion from his $90-a-week job will...