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The Seven Year Itch

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]

For other uses, see Seven Year Itch (disambiguation).

The Seven Year Itch

George Axelrod
Billy Wilder

The Seven Year Itch
1952 play
by George Axelrod

Charles K. Feldman
Billy Wilder

  • June 3, 1955 (1955-06-03) (New York City)
  • June 17, 1955 (1955-06-17) (Los Angeles)

105 minutes

United States

English

$1.8 million

$12 million

List of American films of 1955

– a giant statue of Monroe in the white dress, by John Seward Johnson II

Forever Marilyn

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The Seven Year Itch review

Cinema Retro article on the famous subway breeze scene

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"George Axelrod and The Great American Sex Farce"

The Seven Year Itch famous subway breeze scene becomes a twenty-six foot tall statue in 2011

– January 26, 2017, piece on Studio 360

“Marilyn Monroe's Long-Lost Skirt Scene”

Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Seven Year Itch in 1954 by Photographer George Barris