The Apartment

1960 · directed by Billy Wilder

Rating

97/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

AFI 100, TSPDT 250, Oscar Winner, NFR

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

The Apartment (1960), directed by Billy Wilder, rates 97/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jack Lemmon
• Shirley MacLaine
• Fred MacMurray
• Ray Walston
• Jack Kruschen
• David Lewis
• Hope Holiday
• Joan Shawlee
• Naomi Stevens
• Johnny Seven

Crew

• Joseph LaShelle — Director of Photography
• Daniel Mandell — Editor
• Adolph Deutsch — Original Music Composer
• Billy Wilder — Writer
• I. A. L. Diamond — Writer

More from Billy Wilder

1. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
2. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — 98/100 · hit
3. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit
4. The Lost Weekend (1945) — 90/100 · hit
5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — 85/100 · hit
6. Five Graves to Cairo (1943) — 83/100 · hit

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