Directed by Billy WilderStarring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Hope Holiday, Joan Shawlee, Naomi Stevens, Johnny Seven, Joyce Jameson, Willard Waterman, David White, and Edie Adams
In 1960, Billy Wilder once again proved that he was one of the best filmmakers in Hollywood history. Here, he gives us one of the most genuine romances ever committed to film. Lemmon and MacLaine are perfect for their roles, as is MacMurray, surprising all who know him from his Disney movies as a sleazy executive. Lemmon and MacLaine's characters are in similar situations. They are both being used for the pleasure of MacMurray's Sheldrake, but are afraid to kick him to curb for fear it will ruin their careers. They find the strength they need in each other, and end up getting the self respect we have been hoping they would find throughout. The movie culminates with MacLaine's immortal line, "Shut up and deal" after Lemmon professes his love for her. Wilder again shows his knack for ending his movies with a perfect line, just a year after "Nobody's perfect" ended Some Like It Hot.
Other nominees: The Alamo (John Wayne), Elmer Gantry (Richard Brooks), Sons and Lovers (Jack Cardiff), and The Sundowners (Fred Zinnemann)
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