The Seven Year Itch
1955
****
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Tom Ewell, Marilyn Monroe, Evelyn Keyes, Sonny Tufts, Robert Strauss, Oscar Homolka, Marguerite Chapman
While the rest of his family are on holiday, a man in the midst of seven-year itch becomes hopelessly attracted to the beautiful actress who has rented the apartment upstairs. Billy Wilder's comedy on adultery is very enjoyable but almost entirely set in one room, as it's an adaptation of George Axelrod's play. Tom Ewell reprises his stage role and Marilyn Monroe stands over the subway grate in the iconic shot.
