Directed by:
Billy WilderCinematography:
Milton KrasnerComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes, Sonny Tufts, Robert Strauss, Oskar Homolka, Marguerite Chapman, Victor Moore, Donald MacBride, Carolyn Jones (more)VOD (1)
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It's possible that the legendary scene in which Marilyn Monroe's dress is blown skyward while she stands on a subway grating now dwarfs Billy Wilder's adaptation of George Axelrod's hit stage comedy in the same way that the 50-foot billboard of the scene bestrode Times Square in 1955. It stars Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman, a middle-aged book publisher who remains in Manhattan while his wife and son go off to the country on vacation. Once alone, he's consumed with sexual fantasies about various women from his past as well as the eye-popping model/actress (Marilyn Monroe), who's just moved into the apartment above. Hoping for some action, he invites his neighbor to dinner, but the combination of his amusingly nervous bumbling and her belief in the innocence of his intentions guarantees that nothing happens. Despite his guiltlessness, he begins to imagine that his fantasies are being broadcast nationwide, with his wife part of an eager audience. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Marilyn Monroe
USA
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Tom Ewell
USA
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Evelyn Keyes
USA
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Sonny Tufts
USA
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Robert Strauss
USA
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Oskar Homolka
Austria-Hungary
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The Seven Year Itch (1955)
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Marguerite Chapman
USA
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Victor Moore
USA
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Donald MacBride
USA
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Carolyn Jones
USA
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Ralph Sanford
USA
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Dorothy Ford
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Tom Nolan
Canada
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Ron Nyman
UK
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Robert Haines
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Mathew McCue
USA
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Doro Merande
USA
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Mary Young
USA
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