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Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965) Facts
| Director(s) | Gottfried Reinhardt |
| Producer(s) | Gottfried Reinhardt |
| Featured Cast | Alec Guinness, Mike Connors, Robert Redford |
| Total Facts | 1 |
The title is a variation of an old Viennese saying; "The situation is desperate but not serious." A direct influence on the title comes from Billy Wilder's 1961 film One, Two, Three. In it, Jimmy Cagney coaches Horst Buchholz to tell Buccholz's American father-in-law that the situation is "serious but not hopeless." A flustered Buccholz tells his father-in-law, "The situation is hopeless but not serious."