Wanting to avoid settling in a nursing home, Joseph Kotcher, a retired salesman, is obliged to leave his son's family. He embarks on a road trip during which he strikes up a friendship with...
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Cast
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| Walter Matthau | ... | Joseph P. Kotcher | |
| Deborah Winters | ... | Erica Herzenstiel | |
| Felicia Farr | ... | Wilma Kotcher | |
| Charles Aidman | ... | Gerald Kotcher | |
| Ellen Geer | ... | 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 (as James E. Brodhead) |
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Jessica Rains | ... | Dr. McKernan |
| Darrell Larson | ... | Vincent Perrin | |
| Biff Elliot | ... | Motel Manager | |
| Paul Picerni | ... | Dr. Caudillo | |
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Lucy Saroyan | ... | Sissy |
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Wanting to avoid settling in a nursing home, Joseph Kotcher, a retired salesman, is obliged to leave his son's family. He embarks on a road trip during which he strikes up a friendship with a pregnant teenager and begins to understand the true meaning of life as he helps the girl give birth to her child. Written by Anonymous
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old age | senility | based on novel | teenage pregnancy | gas station restroom |Taglines:
Walter Matthau in the role only he could make so excitingly different...you'll start talking about it from the opening scene. Jack Lemmon directs. He takes his talent 'behind' the camera for the first time to add a new, fresh dimension to his brilliant career.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 September 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ainda Há Fogo Sob as Cinzas See more »Filming Locations:
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Palm Springs, California, USACompany Credits
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ABC Pictures Corporation,Kotch Company Productions,American Broadcasting Company (ABC) See more »
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Joseph P. Kotcher: An inexperienced spermatozoon, about fifteen years old, asking directions to the nearest fallopian tube.
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Kotch star Walter Matthau's real-life step-daughter actress Lucy Saroyan played a featured role (as Sissy) in this movie. See more »Goofs
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
[During the psychological exam, Kotch is shown a Rorschark ink drawing and asked to describe what he sees in it]Joseph P. Kotcher: An inexperienced spermatozoon, about fifteen years old, asking directions to the nearest fallopian tube.
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Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Jack Lemmon/Walter Matthau (1981) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Wonderfully unpredictable movie, with fine direction and acting and nice film score. Lemmon should direct more often. Viewer never knows what is going to happen next, although expectation Matthau may die or get killed. Great movie on aging, uplifting and superbly directed, acted and written. A real "10."