The Apartment

Plot summary

Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. He's discovered a quick way to climb the corporate ladder - by lending out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. He often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits and one night he's left with a major problem to solve. Written by Col Needham {col@imdb.com}

Insurance statistician C.C. "Bud" Baxter advances his career by making his Manhattan apartment available to executives in his company for their extramarital affairs. His boss, Jeff D. Sheldrake, finds out and promotes Bud in return for the exclusive use of the apartment for his own affair. When Sheldrake's girlfriend turns out to be Fran Kubelik, a pretty elevator operator Bud likes, he is heartbroken, but accepts the arrangement. Written by filmfactsman

C.C. Baxter, insurance clerk and only a face in a crowd of 30,000 employees, has a little problem: He can't use his own apartment. Since he once lent out his key to one of his superiors and his mistress, this custom has spread ever since. Now, different superiors from different departments take his place for their tête-à-têtes. Being promised not to be forgotten when it comes to shifts in personnel, C.C. Baxter swallows his anger - until he finds out that the mistress of Mr. Sheldrake, the company's boss, and his recent flame, Fran Kubelik, are the same person. And they are using his apartment! Although Baxter has not been forgotten personnel-wise, the attempted suicide of Fran in his very own bed makes him think. Written by Julian Reischl {julianreischl@mac.com}

On 1st November 1959, in New York, C.C. "Bud" Baxter is a popular clerk of "Consolidate Life", an insurance company with 31,259 employees. The secret of his success is a well located apartment where he lives that he sublets for his superiors, making him climb to the executive position of 2nd Administrative Assistant very early. He likes the elevator girl Fran Kubelik, a reserved woman considered a "jackpot" among the executives. Fran is the secret lover of the director Jeff D. Sheldrake, a married man that seduced her convincing that he will divorce his wife to stay with her. When Fran tries to commit suicide in Baxter's apartment after a meeting with Jeff, she stays with Baxter while recovering, and he falls in love for her. Later he has to come up to a decision between his excellent position in the company and his love. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cast of The Apartment

	Jack Lemmon	...	C.C. 'Bud' Baxter
	Shirley MacLaine	...	Fran Kubelik
	Fred MacMurray	...	Jeff D. Sheldrake
	Ray Walston	...	Joe Dobisch
	Jack Kruschen	...	Dr. Dreyfuss
	David Lewis	...	Al Kirkeby
	Hope Holiday	...	Mrs. Margie MacDougall
	Joan Shawlee	...	Sylvia
	Naomi Stevens	...	Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
	Johnny Seven	...	Karl Matuschka
	Joyce Jameson	...	The blonde
	Willard Waterman	...	Mr. Vanderhoff
	David White	...	Mr. Eichelberger
	Edie Adams	...	Miss Olsen