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One, Two, Three (1961)

★ 7.5 · 418 ratings on TMDB

Billy Wilder's Explosive New Comedy

One, Two, Three poster★ 7.5

In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.

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One, Two, Three keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing capitalism, communism, bureaucracy, culture.

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