---
title: 'One, Two, Three (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Billy Wilder'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/one-two-three-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055256/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# One, Two, Three (1961)

1961 · 115 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

One, Two, Three is a 1961 American political comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, and written by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond. It is based on the 1929 Hungarian one-act play Egy, kettő, három by Ferenc Molnár, with a "plot borrowed partly from" Ninotchka, a 1939 film co-written by Wilder. The film stars James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, Leon Askin and Howard St. John. It would be Cagney's last film appearance until Ragtime in 1981, 20 years later.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [I. A. L. Diamond](https://cinepixo.com/people/i-a-l-diamond)
- **Producer:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [André Previn](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-previn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Daniel L. Fapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-l-fapp)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)

## Cast

- [James Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cagney) as C. R. MacNamara
- [Horst Buchholz](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-buchholz) as Otto Ludwig Piffl
- [Pamela Tiffin](https://cinepixo.com/people/pamela-tiffin) as Scarlett Hazeltine
- [Arlene Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlene-francis) as Phyllis MacNamara
- [Howard St. John](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-st-john) as Wendell P. Hazeltine
- [Hanns Lothar](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-lothar) as Schlemmer
- [Leon Askin](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-askin) as Peripetchikoff
- [Ralf Wolter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralf-wolter) as Borodenko
- [Karl Lieffen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-lieffen) as Fritz
- [Hubert von Meyerinck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-von-meyerinck) as Count von Droste-Schattenburg
- [Loïs Bolton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-bolton) as Melanie Hazeltine
- [Peter Capell](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-capell) as Mishkin
- [Til Kiwe](https://cinepixo.com/people/til-kiwe) as Reporter
- [Henning Schlüter](https://cinepixo.com/people/henning-schluter) as Dr. Bauer
- [Karl Ludwig Lindt](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ludwig-lindt) as Zeidlitz

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/one-two-three-1961
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