---
title: 'The Apartment (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Billy Wilder'
released: '1960-06-15'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-apartment-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Apartment (1960)

1960 · 125 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Apartment is a 1960 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond. Jack Lemmon stars as an insurance clerk who, in hopes of climbing the corporate ladder, allows his superiors to use his Upper West Side apartment to conduct their extramarital affairs. He becomes attracted to an elevator operator in his office building, unaware that she is having an affair with the head of personnel. Ray Walston and Edie Adams feature in supporting roles.

## 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:** [Adolph Deutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-deutsch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph LaShelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-lashelle)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)

## Cast

- [Johnny Seven](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-seven)
- [David Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lewis-2)
- [Ray Walston](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-walston)
- [Jack Kruschen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-kruschen)
- [Naomi Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/naomi-stevens)
- [Paul Picerni](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-picerni)
- [Hal Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-smith)
- [Joan Shawlee](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-shawlee)
- [Hope Holiday](https://cinepixo.com/people/hope-holiday)
- [David White](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-white)
- [Edie Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/edie-adams)
- [Willard Waterman](https://cinepixo.com/people/willard-waterman)
- [Fred MacMurray](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-macmurray)
- [Joyce Jameson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-jameson)
- [Jack Lemmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lemmon)

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