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The Apartment is a 1960 American comey-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. It was Wilder's follow up to the enormously popular Some Like It Hot and was an equal commercial and critical hit, grossing $25 million dollars at the box office, and winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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  • The last movie in black & white to win Best Picture was this 1960 Billy Wilder film
  • Jack Lemmon has his ups & downs with elevator operator Shirley MacLaine in this Billy Wilder classic
  • Shirley MacLaine's last line to Jack Lemmon in this 1960 film was "Shut up and deal."
  • 1960:"A Residential Rental Unit"
  • Just wanted to see Jack Lemmon strain spaghetti through his tennis racket /
  • At the end of this 1960 Billy Wilder comedy, Shirley MacLaine settles down to a card game & says, "Shut up and deal!"
  • C.C. loans out his dwelling to his superiors for their trysts; falls for Fran

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