A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
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- TriviaProduction was halted for weeks after Walter Matthau had a heart attack. He had slimmed from 190 to 160 pounds by the time filming was completed and wore a heavy black coat to conceal the weight loss.
- GoofsDuring the football game in which Harry is injured, the Browns are playing the Minnesota Vikings. On Boom-Boom's punt return, however, the opponents are the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits concluded with a thank you message to the players and management of the Cleveland Browns, and the National Football League for their cooperation.
- Alternate versionsThe 1997 VHS release showed black and white versions of the 1994 United Artists variant and MGM fanfares at the start and end of the movie respectively.
- ConnectionsFeatured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (1986)
- SoundtracksYou'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter
Sung by Judi West
Also strains played throughout the movie
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Mix a shyster with a nitwit...
Little-known, but has fine performances by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Lemmon is a not-too-bright sports cameraman who gets knocked over by a football player (Ron Rich) and is persuaded by his crooked, ambulance-chasing brother-in-law lawyer (Matthau) to fake an injury for the insurance money. Lemmon tries to go along with the scam, but is consumed by guilt because the guilt Rich feels for the "injury" is quickly wrecking his life. Added to this is the return of Lemmon's ex-wife (Judi West), with whom he is still obviously in love. He is completely oblivious to the fact she is a gold-digger--in his case, love truly is blind. Everything resolves itself as it should, but not as you might think. It's a funny, dramatic, and touching film.
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- bwallace-2
- Mar 26, 1999
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- $3,705,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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