Unassuming and single thirty-three year old Tillie Shlain is at that phase of her life of being known as a soon to be spinster if she doesn't marry soon. She isn't looking forward to ...
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| Walter Matthau | ... | Pete | |
| Carol Burnett | ... | Tillie | |
| Geraldine Page | ... | Gertrude | |
| Barry Nelson | ... | Burt | |
| Rene Auberjonois | ... | Jimmy Twitchell (as René Auberjonois) | |
| Lee Montgomery | ... | Robbie (as Lee H. Montgomery) | |
| Henry Jones | ... | Mr. Tucker | |
| Kent Smith | ... | Father Keating | |
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Philip Bourneuf | ... | Dr. Willet |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Minister | |
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Timothy Blake | ... | Lucy Lund |
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Unassuming and single thirty-three year old Tillie Shlain is at that phase of her life of being known as a soon to be spinster if she doesn't marry soon. She isn't looking forward to meeting the latest in a long string of blind dates, his name being Pete Seltzer. Pete and Tillie are not a match made in heaven, he using wisecracking and constant flirtations with women to mask his own insecurities about his average looks and not wanting to deal with life head on. Despite Tillie's guard being up with regard to Pete, he is able slowly to chip away at her defenses. They do embark on a relationship which ends up in a straightforward and somewhat mutual declaration that they will get married despite their fundamental differences. But can their relationship survive these fundamental differences, which don't change during the course of their marriage, and as they deal with the terminal malignant tumor diagnosis of their nine-year old son, Robbie? Written by Huggo
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spinster | companionship | failed marriage | male female relationship | friendship |Taglines:
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8 June 1973 (Ireland) See more »Also Known As:
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Tillie Shlain: I wasn't looking forward to this party - or meeting Pete Seltzer. But when you've reached my age and your friends are beginning to worry about you, blind dates are a way of life.
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Music by John Williams (as John T. Williams)
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
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The song Strangers In The Night, first recorded in 1966, is heard on a jukebox in a scene set several years earlier. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Tillie Shlain: I wasn't looking forward to this party - or meeting Pete Seltzer. But when you've reached my age and your friends are beginning to worry about you, blind dates are a way of life.
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Love's the Only Game in TownMusic by John Williams (as John T. Williams)
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
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Anyone not knowing what PETE 'N' TILLIE was about would think they were about to see a riotous comedy--and for at least half of the time they would be right, since the stars are WALTER MATTHAU and CAROL BURNETT.
The first half dealing with the meeting and dating of Pete and Tillie almost seems like a reprise of Matthau and Elaine May in THE NEW LEAF. Plenty of wisecracks. But then, they marry and things take a turn for the worse when their young son becomes ill from leukemia and passes on. Since Tillie takes it worse than Matthau, there's an emotional segment there for Burnett and she handles it well as a serious actress. GERALDINE PAGE has a nice cameo as the woman who gets them acquainted at one of her parties.
A few other things happen after they decide to divorce, but the viewers are left wondering whether they will or won't get together again. I won't tell you here, you have to find out for yourself.
It's better when it's striving for laughs but, on the whole, it's an uneven blend of comedy and drama that works most of the time.