Archive Cinema City 2011.

The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Year: 1955
Duration: 105 min

Director: Billy Wilder
Scenario: Billy Wilder, George Axelrod

Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes

Programme selection: Pedja's Film Collection

Synopsis:

Richard Sherman stays in town to finish his business, while his wife and kids go on a vacation. Lonely, he starts fantasizing about a woman he courted before getting married. Soon his reality becomes more appealing than fantasy, when a new and extremely attractive neighbor, played by Marilyn Monroe, moves in next door. The 1955 romantic comedy was Billy Wilder’s first cooperation with charismatic Monroe, second being the 1959 cult classic “Some Like It Hot”.

Awards:

Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy, Tom Ewell, Golden Globes USA, 1956