Tag: Billy Wilder

The Front Page Script

Script by:Ben Hecht (Theatre Play), Charles MacArthur (Theatre Play), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), I. A. L. Diamond (Screenplay)
Directed by:Billy Wilder
Year:1974
IMDb:tt0071524

Plot:A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
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Irma La Douce Script

Script by:Billy Wilder (Screenplay), I. A. L. Diamond (Screenplay), Alexandre Breffort (Author)
Directed by:Billy Wilder
Year:1963
IMDb:tt0057187

Plot:A Parisian policeman gives up everything for the love of a free-living sex worker.
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Love In The Afternoon Script

Script by:Billy Wilder (Screenplay)
Directed by:Billy Wilder
Year:1957
IMDb:tt0050658

Plot:Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.
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The Seven Year Itch Script

Script by:George Axelrod (Screenplay), Billy Wilder (Screenplay)
Directed by:Billy Wilder
Year:1955
IMDb:tt0048605

Plot:With his family away for their annual summer holiday, Richard Sherman decides he has the opportunity to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together - maybe a little too much time!
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Five Graves To Cairo Script

Script by:Charles Brackett (Screenplay), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), Lajos Biró (Story)
Directed by:Billy Wilder
Year:1942
IMDb:tt0035884

Plot:The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, afraid of the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans. John assumes the identity of the recently deceased waiter to survive.
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Ace in the Hole Script

Script by:Billy Wilder (Writer), Walter Newman (Writer), Lesser Samuels (Writer)
Directed by:Billy Wilder
Year:1951
IMDb:tt0043338

Plot:A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control media circus.
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Buddy Buddy Script

Script by:Billy Wilder (Writer), I.A.L. Diamond (Writer)
Directed by:Billy Wilder
Year:1981
IMDb:tt0082111

Plot:During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
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One Two Three Script

Script by:Ferenc Molnár (Author), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), I. A. L. Diamond (Screenplay)
Directed by:Billy Wilder
Year:1961
IMDb:tt0055256

Plot:C.R. MacNamara will do anything to get a promotion within the Coca-Cola company, including looking after boss W.P. Hazeltine's rebellious teenage daughter, Scarlett. When Scarlett visits Berlin, where C.R. is stationed, she reveals that she is married to a communist named Otto Piffl -- and C.R. recognizes that Otto's anti-establishment stance will clash with his boss's own political views, possibly jeopardizing his promotion.
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Hold Back The Dawn Script

Script by:Ketti Frings (Story), Charles Brackett (Writer), Billy Wilder (Writer)
Directed by:Mitchell Leisen
Year:1941
IMDb:tt0033722

Plot:Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
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