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Poll: Billy Wilder Lead Characters

A poll by pere-25366.
Billy Wilder was an Austrian-American filmmaker regarded by many as one of the most talented and versatile filmmakers to have ever lived. Known for their bite and sarcasm, hilarious gags and constant wit, his films will always possess that classic and inherently timeless appeal. This poll celebrates all of the man's colourful lead characters.

Which one is your favorite lead character in a film directed by Billy Wilder?

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  1. Vote!

    James Cagney in One, Two, Three (1961)

    C.R. MacNamara - One, Two, Three (1961).
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    "Irma La Douce" Jack Lemmon 1963 UA / MPTV

    Nestor Patou - Irma la Douce (1963).
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    Kirk Douglas in Ace in the Hole (1951)

    Chuck Tatum - Ace in the Hole (1951).
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    Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend (1945)

    Don Birnam - The Lost Weekend (1945).
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    James Stewart in The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

    Charles Lindbergh - The Spirit of St. Louis (1957).
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    Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)

    Jerry and Joe - Some Like It Hot (1959).
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    William Holden and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd. (1950)

    Joe Gillis and Norma Desmond - Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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    Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment (1960)

    C.C. 'Bud' Baxter and Fran Kubelik - The Apartment (1960).
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    "Double Indemnity" Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck 1944 Paramount / MPTV

    Walter Neff and Phyllis Dietrichson - Double Indemnity (1944).
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    Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina (1954)

    Linus Larrabee and Sabrina Fairchild - Sabrina (1954).
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    Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

    Sir Wilfred Robarts and Christine Vole - Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
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    "Fortune Cookie" Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon 1966 UA / MPTV

    Harry Hinkle and Willie Gingrich - The Fortune Cookie (1966).
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    "Stalag 17" Sig Rumann and William Holden 1953 Paramount / MPTV

    Sgt. J.J. Sefton - Stalag 17 (1953).
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    Kim Novak and Ray Walston in Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

    Orville - Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).
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    M. Monroe " The Seven Year Itch" © 1955

    The Girl - The Seven Year Itch (1955).
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    "Front Page, The" Dir. Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau 1974 U-I

    Hildy Johnson and Walter Burns - The Front Page (1974).
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    Bing Crosby and Richard Haydn in The Emperor Waltz (1948)

    Virgil Smith - The Emperor Waltz (1948).
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    "Buddy Buddy" Jack Lemmon, Billy Wilder, Walter Matthau 1981 MGM/UA / MPTV

    Victor Clooney and Trabucco - Buddy Buddy (1981).
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    Robert Stephens in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

    Sherlock Holmes - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970).
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    Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972)

    Wendell Armbruster, Jr. - Avanti! (1972).
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    "Love In The Afternoon" Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn 1957 AA Productions / MPTV

    Frank Flannagan and Ariane Chavasse - Love in the Afternoon (1957).
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    Ginger Rogers in The Major and the Minor (1942)

    Susan Applegate - The Major and the Minor (1942).
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    Captain John Pringle - A Foreign Affair (1948).
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    William Holden and Marthe Keller in Fedora (1978)

    Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler - Fedora (1978).
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    Erich von Stroheim, Franchot Tone, and Peter van Eyck in Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

    Cpl. John J. Bramble - Five Graves to Cairo (1943).

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