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The Seven Year Itch

on BBC Two England

Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell
with Evelyn Keyes, Sonny Tufts
A season of Billy Wilder's most celebrated comedies

Billy Wilder turned Marilyn Monroe into a major star when he cast her as 'the girl upstairs' in this adaptation of George Axelrod's famous play about the middle-aged man faced with temptation in the shapely form of a beautiful, uninhibited blonde.

Contributors

Screenplay/Director:
Billy Wilder
Screenplay/Based on a play by:
George Axelrod
The Girl:
Marilyn Monroe
Richard Sherman:
Tom Ewell
Helen Sherman:
Evelyn Keyes
Tom MacKenzie:
Sonny Tufts
Krukulik:
Robert Strauss
Dr Brubaker:
Oscar Homolka
Plumber:
Victor Moore
Mr Brady:
Donald MacBride
Miss Finch:
Carolyn Jones
Miss Morris:
Marguerite Chapman
Waitress:
Doro Merande

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