The Apartment
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82% Critic Match

The Apartment

Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!

8.2 / 10 1960 2h 6mNR English
ComedyDramaRomance

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

C.C. Baxter

Lead
Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Fran Kubelik

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

Jeff D. Sheldrake

Ray Walston

Ray Walston

Joe Dobisch

Jack Kruschen

Jack Kruschen

Dr. Dreyfuss

David Lewis

David Lewis

Al Kirkeby

HH

Hope Holiday

Margie MacDougall

Joan Shawlee

Joan Shawlee

Sylvia

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Billy Wilder's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. The Apartment is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker