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Sabrina (1954)
After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy son of her father's rich employers. David woos and wins Sabrina, who has always been in love with him, however their romance is threatened by David's serious older brother Linus, who runs the family business and is relying on David to marry an heiress in order for a crucial merger to take place.
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After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy son of her father's rich employers. David woos and wins Sabrina, who has always been in love with him, however their romance is threatened by David's serious older brother Linus, who runs the family business and is relying on David to marry an heiress in order for a crucial merger to take place.
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Genre:Comedy, Romance, Drama
Written By:Ernest Lehman, Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor
In Theaters:10/15/1954
Box Office:$10,000,000
Runtime:114 minutes
Studio:Paramount Pictures
Cast
Billy Wilder
Director
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. Foritanel
Marcel Hillaire
Professor
Nella Walker
Maude Larrabee
Francis X. Bushman
Mr. Tyson
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