The Seven Year Itch | |
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Directed by | Billy Wilder |
Screenplay by | George Axelrod Billy Wilder |
Based on | The Seven Year Itch 1952 play by George Axelrod |
Produced by | Charles K. Feldman Billy Wilder |
Starring | Marilyn Monroe Tom Ewell |
Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
Edited by | Hugh S. Fowler |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
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Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.8 million |
Box office | $12 million |
The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, from a screenplay he co-wrote with George Axelrod from the 1952 three-act play. The film stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, who reprised his stage role. It contains one of the most iconic pop-culture images of the 20th century – Monroe standing on a subway grate as her white dress is blown upwards by a passing train.[1] The titular phrase, which refers to a waning interest in monogamous relationship after seven years of marriage, has been used by psychologists.[2]