Editing One, Two, Three (section)

{{short description|1961 film by Billy Wilder}}
{{About|the 1961 film|the 2008 Hindi film|One Two Three|other uses|1-2-3 (disambiguation){{!}}1-2-3}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = One, Two, Three
| image          = One two three43.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster by [[Saul Bass]]
| alt            = 
| director       = [[Billy Wilder]]
| producer       = Billy Wilder
| screenplay     = [[I. A. L. Diamond]]<br/>Billy Wilder
| based_on       = {{based on|Egy, kettő, három|[[Ferenc Molnár]]}}
| starring       = [[James Cagney]]<br />[[Horst Buchholz]]<br />[[Pamela Tiffin]]<br />[[Arlene Francis]]
| music          = [[André Previn]]
| cinematography = [[Daniel L. Fapp]]
| editing        = [[Daniel Mandell]]
| studio         = [[The Mirisch Company]]<br/>Pyramid Productions, A. G.
| distributor    = [[United Artists]]
| released       = {{Film date|1961|12|15|United States}}
| runtime        = 104 minutes<ref name="nytbosley"/>
| country        = United States
| language       = {{Plainlist|
* English
* German
* Russian
}}
| budget         = $3 million<ref name="tino">{{cite book |last=Tino |first=Balio |title=United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |year=1987 |page=170 |isbn=978-0-2991-1440-4}}</ref> or $2 million<ref>{{cite magazine|accessdate=18 March 2023|url=https://archive.org/details/variety-1961-10/page/n4/mode/1up?q=%22pix+cost%22|magazine=Variety|title=Distributors & Exhibitors Rule|date=4 October 1961|page=5}}</ref>
| gross          = $4 million<ref name="tino"/>
}}
[[File:One Two Three trailer (1961).webm|thumb|thumbtime=164|Theatrical trailer.]]
'''''One, Two, Three''''' is a 1961 American [[Political film|political]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Billy Wilder]], and written by Wilder and [[I. A. L. Diamond]]. It is based on the 1929 Hungarian one-act play ''Egy, kettő, három'' by [[Ferenc Molnár]], with a "plot borrowed partly from" ''[[Ninotchka]]'', a 1939 film co-written by Wilder.<ref name="time61"/><ref name="time2011"/>  The film stars [[James Cagney]], [[Horst Buchholz]], [[Liselotte Pulver]], [[Pamela Tiffin]], [[Arlene Francis]], [[Leon Askin]] and [[Howard St. John]].<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0055256|title=One, Two, Three}}.</ref> It would be Cagney's last film appearance until ''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]'' in 1981, 20 years later.<ref>{{cite magazine| url= http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,961095,00.html| archive-url= https://archive.today/20120917122722/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,961095,00.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= September 17, 2012| title=It Was All Big&mdash;and It Worked&mdash;James Cagney: 1899-1986| magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date= April 14, 1986| access-date= 2011-09-11| first= Richard |last=Lacayo | quote= It was Forman who directed Cagney in Ragtime, the 1981 film that brought him back into the public eye after two decades of retirement. After completing Billy Wilder's 1961 comedy ''One, Two, Three'', Cagney vowed to quit filmmaking.}}</ref><ref name=gabler>Neal Gabler (commentary), ''Reel 13'', March 29, 2008.</ref>

The film is primarily set in [[West Berlin]] during the [[Cold War]], but before the construction of the [[Berlin Wall]], and politics is predominant in the premise.<ref>{{cite book |title=Berlin: The New Capital in the East |last=Daum |first=Andreas W. |author-link=Andreas Daum | editor1-last=Trommler |editor1-first=Frank | year=2000 |chapter=America’s Berlin, 1945‒2000: Between Myths and Visions|url=https://www.aicgs.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/berlin.pdf |access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref> The film is known for its quick pace.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.glencoe-nts.org.uk/Three-Sisters-g.asp?page=129|title=One, Two, Three|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=July 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608235029/http://www.glencoe-nts.org.uk/Three-Sisters-g.asp?page=129|archive-date=June 8, 2012}}</ref>