

In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.
Acting
Cagney's final lead role—pure motor-mouthed perfection.
Direction
Wilder shoots Berlin like a three-ring geopolitical circus.
Writing
I.A.L. Diamond's script has zero chill and 100% bite.

Director
Billy Wilder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cagney came out of semi-retirement for this, then retired for 20 more years because the role exhausted him so completely.
Wilder filmed during the Berlin Wall's construction in 1961, rewriting jokes daily as real-world tensions escalated dangerously close to the plot.