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Some Like It Hot (1959) FR #163 | Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English, French
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, Robert Thoeren
Cast Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Plot After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
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The Apartment (1960) FR #358 | Movie | Romance, Comedy | USA | English
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Cast Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Fred Macmurray
Plot A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.
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One, Two, Three (1961) FR #1662 | Movie | Comedy | USA, France | English, German
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, Ferenc Molnar
Cast James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin
Plot In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.
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The Fortune Cookie (1966) FR #2927 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Cast Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich
Plot A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
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Irma La Douce (1963) FR #3415 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Alexandre Breffort, Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Cast Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Lou Jacobi
Plot When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.
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Love In The Afternoon (1957) FR #4656 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA, India | French, English
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, Claude Anet
Cast Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
Plot A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) I.A.L. Diamond collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
