Sabrina (1954)
Directed by Billy Wilder

Comedy / Romance

Film Synopsis

Sabrina Fairchild is in love with David Larrabee, but he, the heir to a business empire, doesn't notice her because she is merely the daughter of his family's chauffeur.  After a failed suicide attempt, Sabrina is sent to Paris to learn cookery.  She returns to her Long Island home a changed woman, more assertive, self-confident and determined to get her man.  Unfortunately, David is now engaged to the daughter of another business tycoon, as part of a stratagem devised by his older brother, Linus, to smooth the way for a merger with another company.    Realising that Sabrina threatens his schemes by pursuing David, Linus decides to distract her by courting her himself...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Billy Wilder
  • Script: Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, Ernest Lehman
  • Cinematographer: Charles Lang
  • Cast: Humphrey Bogart (Linus Larrabee), Audrey Hepburn (Sabrina Fairchild), William Holden (David Larrabee), Walter Hampden (Oliver Larrabee), John Williams (Thomas Fairchild), Martha Hyer (Elizabeth Tyson), Joan Vohs (Gretchen Van Horn), Marcel Dalio (Baron St. Fontanel), Marcel Hillaire (The Professor), Nella Walker (Maude Larrabee), Francis X. Bushman (Mr. Tyson), Ellen Corby (Miss McCardle), David Ahdar (Ship's Steward), Raymond Bailey (Member of the Board), Marjorie Bennett (Margaret - Cook), Ralph Brooks (Party), Colin Campbell (Board Member), Harvey B. Dunn (Party Guest with Tray), Fritz Ford (Dance Partner), Otto Forrest (Elevator Operator)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English / French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 113 min

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