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One, Two, Three

    Comedy
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Dec 15, 1961
Rated NR

C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$4,000,000
  • Budget
    $3,000,000
  • Vote Average
    7.5
  • Vote Count
    362
  • Popularity
    11
  • Language
    Deutsch
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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James Cagney
C.R. MacNamara
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Liselotte Pulver
Fräulein Ingeborg
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Horst Buchholz
Otto Ludwig Piffl
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Pamela Tiffin
Scarlett Hazeltine
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Howard St. John
Wendell P. Hazeltine
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Loïs Bolton
Melanie Hazeltine
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Hanns Lothar
Schlemmer
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Karl Lieffen
Fritz
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Arlene Francis
Phyllis MacNamara
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Leon Askin
Peripetchikoff
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Ralf Wolter
Borodenko
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Hubert von Meyerinck
Count von Droste Schattenburg
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Peter Capell
Mishkin
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Til Kiwe
Reporter
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Henning Schlüter
Dr. Bauer
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Karl Ludwig Lindt
Zeidlitz
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Christine Allen
Cindy MacNamara
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John Allen
Tommy MacNamara
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John Banner
Krause / Haberdrasher (voice)
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Max Buchsbaum
Tailor (uncredited)
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Werner Buttler
East German Policeman (uncredited)
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Red Buttons
MP Sergeant (uncredited)
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Paul Bös
Krause (uncredited)
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Josef Coesfeld
Hairdresser (uncredited)
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Siegfried Dornbusch
East German Policeman (uncredited)
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Gernot Duda
Suitcase Salesman (uncredited)
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Otto Friebel
Interrogator (uncredited)
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Friedrich Hollaender
Conductor at Grand Hotel (uncredited)
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Rose Renée Roth
Berta (uncredited)
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Sig Ruman
Count von Droste Schattenburg (voice) (uncredited)
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Helmut Schmid
East German Policeman (uncredited)
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Jaspar von Oertzen
Haberdasher (uncredited)

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Reviews

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John Chard
40%
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