A Manhattan office worker tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.
Insurance worker C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) lends his Upper West Side apartment to company bosses to use for extramarital affairs. When his manager Mr. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) begins using Baxter's apartment in exchange for promoting him, Baxter is disappointed to learn that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), the elevator girl at work whom Baxter is interested in himself. Soon Baxter must decide between the girl he loves and the advancement of his career. Two towering central performances from Lemmon and MacLaine perfectly complement the timeless Billy Wilder script. This is the perfect rom-com, not because it is light-hearted, but because it also has a dark side.
USA 1960 Billy Wilder 125m
