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Kotch (1971)Joseph Kotcher, a retired traveling salesman, lives with his son Gerald and daughter-in-law Wilma in Los Angeles... See full summary » Director:Jack Lemmon |
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Deborah Winters | ... |
Erica Herzenstiel
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Wilma Kotcher
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Charles Aidman | ... |
Gerald Kotcher
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Vera Kotcher
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Donald Kowalski | ... |
Duncan Kotcher
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Dean Kowalski | ... |
Duncan Kotcher
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Arlen Stuart | ... |
Mrs. Fisher
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Jane Connell | ... |
Miss Roberts
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James Brodhead | ... |
Mr. Weaver
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Jessica Rains | ... |
Dr. McKernan
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Darrell Larson | ... |
Vincent Perrin
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Motel Manager
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| Paul Picerni | ... |
Dr. Ramon Caudillo
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Lucy Saroyan | ... |
Sissy
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Joseph Kotcher, a retired traveling salesman, lives with his son Gerald and daughter-in-law Wilma in Los Angeles. He dotes upon his young grandson Duncan irritating high-strung Wilma to the point that she hires Erica, a high school student, as a regular babysitter to replace his efforts. However, Grandpa Kotcher still gets on her nerves, and she convinces Gerald to move him out. To humor his son he agrees to take an apartment at a retirement facility, but after being subjected to some psychological tests he opts instead to take an extended vacation, traveling up the coast by bus. Erica leaves town at the same time, for upon discovering she is pregnant, Wilma fires her and she is sent away to work in San Bernadino by her uptight older brother Peter, who is also her guardian. Grandpa Kotcher returns weeks later to find a Halloween party underway and his room full of Wilma's sewing stuff... Written by Brian Greenhalgh
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Antes Que Chegue o Inverno See more »Filming Locations:
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Palm Springs, California, USACompany Credits
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Ellen Geer playing Vera Kotcher, the late wife of Kotch (Walter Matthau), actually later played the director Jack Lemmon's ex-wife in The Odd Couple II. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
Joseph P. Kotcher: [about his wife and baby son in the car] She covered all the windows every time she changed him. I don't know why, I don't know what harm it would do people seeing his little pink pecker at 25 miles an hour, but she covered the windows every time.See more »
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