Dir: Billy Wilder | USA | 1960 | 126 mins 

Cast | Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Fred MacMurray

To celebrate the centenary of screen icon Jack Lemmon's birth, Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning tragicomic masterpiece returns to cinemas ahead of Valentine's Day in a dazzling 4K restoration. 

C.C. Baxter (Lemmon) is a clerk who courts favour with his office superiors by letting them use his apartment for their extramarital trysts. Among them is his callous boss, J.D. Sheldrake, who Baxter learns is using his place to meet Miss Kubelik (Maclaine), the sassy elevator operator Baxter has long admired from afar. When Sheldrake coldly drops her, and she tries to take her own life as a result, Baxter has a chance to help the woman of his dreams – while possibly losing his job. Balancing quips with existential crises, Wilder’s classic is both heartbreaking and heartwarming.

“Absolutely brilliant” ★★★★★ Empire

“A big-city satire with a romantic heart of gold” ★★★★★ The Guardian

Friday 7 March

Thursday 13 March

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