One, Two, Three
1961, NR, 108 min.
Directed by Billy Wilder, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Pamela Tiffin, Horst Buchholz, Arlene Francis, James Cagney.

Wilder mixed the Cold War and the Berlin Wall with his comedic sensibilities and turned a diplomatic nightmare into a take-no-prisoners assault on the funny bone. In his last screen performance until Ragtime, Cagney stars in this rapid-fire comedy about a Coca-Cola executive in Germany who looks after the boss’ teenage American daughter who elopes with an East German radical.

This article appears in May 31 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.