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Overview
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Writers:
John Paxton (writer)
Katherine Topkins (novel)
Release Date:
17 September 1971 (USA) more
Plot:
Joseph Kotcher, a retired traveling salesman, lives with his son Gerald and daughter-in-law Wilma in Los Angeles... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Great story with fine acting and direction more (11 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Walter Matthau | ... | Joseph P. Kotcher |
 | Deborah Winters | ... | Erica Herzenstiel |
| Felicia Farr | ... | Wilma Kotcher |
| Charles Aidman | ... | Gerald Kotcher |
 | Ellen Geer | ... | Vera Kotcher |
| Donald Kowalski | ... | Duncan Kotcher |
| Dean Kowalski | ... | Duncan Kotcher |
| Arlen Stuart | ... | Mrs. Fisher |
| Jane Connell | ... | Miss Roberts |
| James Brodhead | ... | Mr. Weaver |
| Jessica Rains | ... | Dr. McKernan |
| Darrell Larson | ... | Vincent Perrin |
| Biff Elliot | ... | Pink Motel manager |
| Paul Picerni | ... | Dr. Ramon Caudillo |
| Lucy Saroyan | ... | Sissy |
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113 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:6
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Jack Lemmon found direction duties both emotionally and physically draining and felt very uncomfortable behind the camera. This was his one and only film as a director. more
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Factual errors: Kotch collects old bowling pins to throw into his fireplace to keep warm; in reality, the thick plastic coatings would create smoke and noxious fumes. more
Quotes:
Peter Stiel: [offended by Mr. Kotcher calling him "Peter Herzenstiel"] Just "Stiel". S - T - I - E - L. more
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Referenced in Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau (2001) (TV) more
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Life Is What You Make It more
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Jack Lemmon did an excellent job with this script and produced a very entertaining movie with an unforeseeable ending. Matthau is outstanding as usual and his fate keeps viewers in suspense until the end. I recommend it to young and old.