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| Jack Lemmon | ... | Harry Hinkle | |
| Walter Matthau | ... | Willie Gingrich | |
| Ron Rich | ... | Luther 'Boom Boom' Jackson | |
| Judi West | ... | Sandy Hinkle | |
| Cliff Osmond | ... | Purkey | |
| Lurene Tuttle | ... | Mother Hinkle | |
| Harry Holcombe | ... | O'Brien | |
| Les Tremayne | ... | Thompson | |
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Lauren Gilbert | ... | Kincaid |
| Marge Redmond | ... | Charlotte Gingrich | |
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Noam Pitlik | ... | Max |
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Harry Davis | ... | Dr. Krugman |
| Ann Shoemaker | ... | Sister Veronica | |
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Maryesther Denver | ... | Nurse |
| Ned Glass | ... | Doc Schindler | |
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A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother in law as the king of the ambulance chasing lawyers starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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crooked lawyer | lawyer | cameraman | injury | brother in law brother in law relationship |Taglines:
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Country:
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19 October 1966 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$3,705,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$6,000,000, 31 December 1966Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$6,800,000, 1 January 1968Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Music and lyrics by Cole Porter
Sung by Judi West
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Billy Wilder shot the opening sequence during an actual Vikings-Browns game on October 31, 1965. The Vikings won 27-17. See more »Goofs
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Thompson: [about Willie Gingrich] This guy is so full of angles and gimmicks and twists; he starts to describe a doughnut and it comes out a pretzel.See more »
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You'd Be So Nice to Come Home ToMusic and lyrics by Cole Porter
Sung by Judi West
Also strains played throughout the movie
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If I had to buy a single movie showing Walter Matthau's genius as an actor, this may be the one, for as good as Jack Lemmon always is in a movie, Walter shines here as the shyster brother-in-law lawyer, and the Best Supporting Oscar was awarded to him rightly for this role. Matthau, always the man who acted through sicknesses went through a heart attack during this one. The scene that he runs up the stairs after receiving the settlement check, a keen eye could notice that he is thinner at the top of the stairs. That was because he shot that scene after his attack. This movie begins the long association with Lemmon/Matthau. The next movie was to be "The Odd Couple". What a great bunch of entertaining movies they were. And this was the first one.