The Apartment (1960)
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- Approved
- 2h 5min
- Comedy, Drama
- 29 Jun 1960 (Canada)
- Movie
- Won 5 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 8 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Jack Lemmon | ... |
C.C. Baxter
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Shirley MacLaine | ... |
Fran Kubelik
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Fred MacMurray | ... |
Jeff D. Sheldrake
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Ray Walston | ... |
Joe Dobisch
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Jack Kruschen | ... |
Dr. Dreyfuss
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David Lewis | ... |
Al Kirkeby
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Hope Holiday | ... |
Mrs. Margie MacDougall
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Joan Shawlee | ... |
Sylvia
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Naomi Stevens | ... |
Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
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Johnny Seven | ... |
Karl Matuschka
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Joyce Jameson | ... |
The Blonde
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Willard Waterman | ... |
Mr. Vanderhoff
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David White | ... |
Mr. Eichelberger
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Edie Adams | ... |
Miss Olsen
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Dorothy Abbott | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Bill Baldwin | ... |
TV Movie Host (uncredited)
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Paul Bradley | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Benny Burt | ... |
Charlie - Bartender (uncredited)
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Steve Carruthers | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Lynn Cartwright | ... |
Elevator Supervisor with Clicker (uncredited)
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Dick Cherney | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Fortune Cookie | ... |
Chinese Waiter (uncredited)
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Mason Curry | ... |
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Franklyn Farnum | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Richard George | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Herschel Graham | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Lars Hensen | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Eugene Jackson | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Frances Weintraub Lax | ... |
Mrs. Lieberman (uncredited)
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David Macklin | ... |
Messenger (uncredited)
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William Meader | ... |
Executive (uncredited)
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Ralph Moratz | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Monty O'Grady | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Joe Palma | ... |
Office Maintenance Man (uncredited)
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Paul Power | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Tony Regan | ... |
Executive (uncredited)
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Clark Ross | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Edith Simmons | ... |
Sheldrake's Wife (uncredited)
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Hal Smith | ... |
Man in Santa Claus Suit (uncredited)
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Norman Stevans | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Sid Troy | ... |
Williams (uncredited)
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Directed by
Billy Wilder | ... | (directed by) |
Written by
Billy Wilder | ... | (written by) and |
I.A.L. Diamond | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
I.A.L. Diamond | ... | associate producer |
Doane Harrison | ... | associate producer |
Billy Wilder | ... | producer (produced by) |
Music by
Adolph Deutsch | ... | (music by) |
Cinematography by
Joseph LaShelle | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Daniel Mandell | ... | film editor |
Art Direction by
Alexandre Trauner | ... | (as Alexander Trauner) |
Set Decoration by
Edward G. Boyle |
Makeup Department
Harry Ray | ... | makeup |
Alice Monte | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Allen K. Wood | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hal W. Polaire | ... | assistant director (as Hal Polaire) |
Angelo Laiacona | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Thomas L. Miller | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
David Salven | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Mike Vidor | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Tom Plews | ... | property |
Ralph Harris | ... | leadman (uncredited) |
Mentor Huebner | ... | production illustrator (uncredited) |
Harold Michelson | ... | illustrator (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Del Harris | ... | sound effects editor |
Fred Lau | ... | sound |
Harry Alphin | ... | recordist (uncredited) |
Robert Martin | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
Gordon Sawyer | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Milt Rice | ... | special effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
Bert Chaliacombe | ... | best boy (uncredited) |
Hugh Crawford | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Jack Harris | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Karl Reed | ... | key grip (uncredited) |
William Schurr | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Don Scott | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Don Stott | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Forrest T. Butler | ... | wardrobe: men (uncredited) |
Irene Caine | ... | wardrobe: women (uncredited) |
Music Department
Sid Sidney | ... | music editor |
Jack Dumont | ... | musician: alto saxophone (uncredited) |
John Williams | ... | musician: piano solos (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
May Wale Brown | ... | script continuity (as May Wale) |
Additional Crew
Reuben Kaufman | ... | technical advisor (uncredited) |
Miriam Nelson | ... | choreographer: Christmas party dance (uncredited) |
Joe Palma | ... | stand-in: Jack Lemmon (uncredited) |
Maurice Segal | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- The Mirisch Corporation (presents)
Distributors
- United Artists (1960) (United States) (theatrical)
- Dear Film (1960) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1960) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Nova Film (1960) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- United Artists (UA) (1960) (Japan) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1960) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1960) (Argentina) (theatrical) (as Artistas Unidos)
- United Artists (1960) (Finland) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1960) (France) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1960) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox India (1961) (India) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1961) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- CBS (1967) (United States) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1971) (Finland) (tv)
- 1ère chaîne ORTF (1974) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- 20th Century Fox Video (1982) (United States) (VHS) (Betamax)
- CBS/Fox (1984) (United States) (video)
- NHK Kyôiku (1984) (Japan) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (1985) (Australia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1985) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- NHK Sôgô (1987) (Japan) (tv)
- Rai 2 (1987) (Italy) (tv)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1990) (Finland) (tv) (as MTV1)
- Antenne 2 (A2) (1991) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- ARTE (1993) (France) (tv)
- MGM Home Video (1993) (France) (VHS) (dubbed version)
- NHK-BS2 (1993) (Japan) (tv)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1994) (United States) (VHS) (deluxe letterbox edition)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1994) (France) (VHS) (dubbed version)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1995) (France) (VHS)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS) (pan and scan)
- Warner Home Video (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1999) (Finland) (tv)
- PFC Vidéo (2000) (France) (VHS)
- Fox Pathé Europa (2001) (France) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- ARTE (2003) (France) (tv)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Filmmuseum Distributie (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Seven Films (2007) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-issue)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Fox Pathé Europa (2007) (France) (DVD)
- Park Circus (2008) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-issue)
- Seven Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-issue)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (United States) (DVD) (collector's edition)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (DVD) (Included in "The Jack Lemmon Star Collection")
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (United States) (DVD)
- ARTE (2011) (France) (tv)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- FS Film (2012) (Finland) (Blu-ray)
- Fantasy Film (2015) (Hungary) (DVD)
- NHK BS Premium (2015) (Japan) (tv)
- ESC Distribution (2018) (France) (Blu-ray)
- ESC Distribution (2018) (France) (DVD)
- Park Circus (2019) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Odeon (2020) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (reprint for MGM)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- Bibliotheque (2022) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Capelight Pictures (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Capelight Pictures (2023) (Germany) (DVD)
- Capelight Pictures (2023) (Germany) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
- Epoca (Argentina) (VHS)
- MGM/UA Communications Co. (United States) (tv)
- RCA VideoDiscs (United States) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Panavision (camera equipment provided by)
- Triage Motion Picture Services (2003 restoration)
- Ultra Film Synchron (German dubbing)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
As of November 1, 1959, mild mannered C.C. Baxter has been working at Consolidated Life, an insurance company, for close to four years, and is one of close to thirty-two thousand employees located in their Manhattan head office. To distinguish himself from all the other lowly cogs in the company in the hopes of moving up the corporate ladder, he often works late, but only because he can't get into his apartment, located off of Central Park West, since he has provided it to a handful of company executives - Mssrs. Dobisch, Kirkeby, Vanderhoff and Eichelberger - on a rotating basis for their extramarital liaisons in return for a good word to the personnel director, Jeff D. Sheldrake. When Baxter is called into Sheldrake's office for the first time, he learns that it isn't just to be promoted as he expects, but also to add married Sheldrake to the list to who he will lend his apartment. Dobisch, Kirkeby, Vanderhoff and Eichelberger are now feeling neglected as Baxter no longer needs their assistance in moving up. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | Movie-wise, there has never been anything like "THE APARTMENT" love-wise, laugh-wise or otherwise-wise! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $3,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | To create the effect of a vast sea of faces laboring grimly and impersonally at their desks in the huge insurance company office, designers Alexandre Trauner and Edward G. Boyle devised an interesting technique. Full-sized actors sat at the desks in the front and children dressed in suits were used at tiny desks toward the rear, followed by even smaller desks with cut-out figures operated by wires. It gave the effect of a much larger space than could have been achieved in the limited studio space. See more » |
Goofs | The layout of Baxter's apartment makes no sense, especially in relation to Dr. Dreyfus's apartment. Dreyfus lives next to Baxter, which means their walls should be adjoining the full length of both flats. However, from inside Baxter's living room, one can see windows in both his kitchen and bedroom facing directly where the Dreyfus apartment should be (and there would likely be a window in the bathroom between the kitchen and bedroom). Dreyfus's apartment would have to veer immediately off to the extreme right when one enters it and be no more than a couple of inches wide in order to allow the kind of set-up seen in Baxter's apartment. This is clearly unrealistic, if not downright impossible. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Shirley Maclaine/East 100th St./Police 5/Brighton Breezy (1971). See more » |
Soundtracks | Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) See more » |
Quotes |
C.C. Baxter:
The mirror... it's broken. Fran Kubelik: Yes, I know. I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel. See more » |