James Cagney is the whole dynamic show in this hilarious Billy Wilder satire (1961) on Coca-Cola diplomacy in divided Berlin. The plot is something about a Coke executive (Cagney) who has to chaperone the boss’s daughter (Pamela Tiffin), who is infatuated with one of Berlin’s ever-present communist students (Horst Buchholz), who is in turn dedicated to destroying everything symbolized by Coca-Cola, etc, etc. The pace is blistering, and Wilder’s deep-seated hatred of Germans has never been put to more comic use. With Arlene Francis.
One, Two, Three
1 hour 48 min