ONE TWO THREE.
James Cagney & Horst Buchholz,
Arlene Francis, Pamela Tiffin, Lilo Pulver.
Dir: Billy Wilder, 1961, UA/Mirisch/Pyramid.

SYNOPSIS:
A riot, particularly a treat for fans of O.G. films as there are several in-jokes to spread a smile across your knowing mug. The plot has Cagney as the head of Coca Cola's campaign to get their sickly pop across the Iron Curtain. The boss's daughter falls in love with a communist and, well, it all kicks off in a fine fast-moving farcical tradition.

"It is very interesting that not until the very end of my career did I meet an uncooperative actor. As I review the pictures I've been in, I realize that each and every actor I worked with had a part in shaping my views on acting. I never had the slightest difficulty with a fellow actor until One Two Three. Horst Buchholz tried all kinds of scene-stealing didoes, and I had to depend on Billy Wilder to take some steps to correct this kid. If Billy hadn't, I was going to knock Buchholz on his ass, which at several points I would have been very happy to do."
- Jimmy Cagney.

REVIEWS:
"This first-class featherwieght farce is a serious achievement."
- Stanley Kauffmann.
"A sometimes bewildered, often wonderfully funny exercise in nonstop nuttiness."
- Time.