Billy Wilder

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Major and the Minor, The (1942): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson…; Billy Wilder’s first film is a dexterous screwball gem: the delectable Ginger Rogers plays a spunky woman posing as a child so she can afford a…
Five Graves to Cairo (1943): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Erich von Stroheim…; Rousing early outing for Billy Wilder; a nimble, well–executed piece of WWII propaganda exaggerating the exploits of a British corporal officer…
Double Indemnity (1944): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson; The jewel in the crown of all things film noir has hardly dated an iota despite countless imitations. You'll savour each moment as…
Lost Weekend, The (1945): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard da Silva…; Would–be novelist Ray Milland's personal frustrations bring on a three day drinking binge of desperate, terrifying proportions. Laced with a…
Sunset Boulevard (1950): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim…; Faded screen vamp Gloria Swanson and screenwriter William Holden exploit each other mercilessly in this searing dissection of Hollywood decadence,…
Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Porter Hall; Cast in a hole until recently, this scathing editorial on media sensationalism and the human spectacle stars Kirk Douglas (never fiercer) as a…
Stalag 17 (1952): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger…; Sophisticated WW2 film in which comedy and suspense make uneasy but fascinating bedfellows. William Holden leads imprisoned American G.Is who plan…
Sabrina (1954): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden; Cinderella–ish comic yarn with a dream cast and director. Audrey Hepburn plays a humble chauffeur's daughter who wins the affections of noble…
Seven Year Itch, The (1955): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell; Marilyn Monroe gives plenty of dumb blonde for this comedy about a married man (Tom Ewell) who has a fling with you–know–who.
Spirit of St. Louis (1957): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. James Stewart; Jimmy Stewart embraces the pioneering spirit of Charles Lindberg in this lovingly detailed biography of the first man to cross the Atlantic.
Witness for the Prosecution (1957): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton…; Tense courtroom thriller, with Tyrone Power in the dock, defended by Charles Laughton, and consoled by wife Marlene Dietrich. Agatha Christie's story…
Love in the Afternoon (1957): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier; Dark horse Audrey Hepburn classic sees dir. Billy Wilder riff Ernst Lubitsch by way of Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier (a wall fixture of…
Some Like It Hot (1959): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe; One of the great comedies, in which Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dress as women and join an all–girl travelling jazz band in order to escape the…
Apartment, The (1960): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine; Neurotic insurance clerk Jack Lemmon wheedles his way up the corporate ladder by loaning his apartment keys to philandering executives, unknowing…
One, Two, Three (1961): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin; James Cagney is marvellous as a zealous Coke executive in Germany, keen on penetrating the Russian market, but mortified when his boss's daughter…
Irma La Douce (1963): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Tura Satana; On patrol in the red–light district of Paris, gendarme Jack Lemmon pines after whore–with–a–heart–of–gold Shirley…
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Dean Martin, Kim Novak; Philandering crooner Dean Martin shows interest in an aspiring songwriter, but only in order to bed his wife. Silly sex farce, though from talented…
Fortune Cookie, The (1966): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau; Comical cynicism by the experts: the magical trio of Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau (who won an Oscar), and dir. Wilder. When Lemmon suffers a football…
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Genevieve Page…; Late period Billy Wilder (THE APARTMENT) applies his ironic sensibility, with less acid than usual, to the mind of Conan Doyle's detecting hero and…
Avanti (1972): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills; Neglected upon release, but now no more, this late Billy Wilder comedy, Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills connect in a Mediterranean resort, where each…
Front Page, The (1974): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Susan Sarandon…; Regular odd couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau jostle on screen in this snappy remake of HIS GIRL FRIDAY, playing reporters in the midst of a…
Fedora (1978): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer…; Fascinating later work from dir. Wilder, in which an impoverished film producer travels to the Greek islands to track down an elusive European star…

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