Top Billed Cast
Jack Lemmon
Felix Ungar
Walter Matthau
Oscar Madison
John Fiedler
Vinnie
Herb Edelman
Murray
David Sheiner
Roy
Monica Evans
Cecily
Carole Shelley
Gwendolyn
Iris Adrian
Waitress
Billie Bird
Chambermaid (uncredited)
Angelique Pettyjohn
Go-go Dancer (uncredited)
Heywood Hale Broun
Sports Journalist (uncredited)
Larry Haines
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Jul 15 2022
"Felix" (Jack Lemmon) and "Oscar" (Walter Matthau) are best pals who get together once a week with their friends to play poker and shoot the breeze. Their friendship is about to be severely tested, though, when the former man announced that he has split up with his wife. "Oscar" rides to the rescue with an offer for him to move in with him, and what now ensues are a cleverly written, and generally entertaining, series of domestic scenarios in which these two men must learn to cohabit. It's pretty clear from the outset that "Oscar" is not exactly house-proud and as the story develops their relat...
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Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
1200000.00
Revenue
44527234.00
Keywords
- new york city
- roommates
- male friendship
- based on play or musical
- obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd)
- poker game
- divorced man
- 1960s
- eccentric man
- neat freak
- messy apartment
- sports journalism
- impartial