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Tag Archives: Walter Matthau
Onionhead (1958) Norman Taurog, Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau
After his girlfriend Jo refuses to make a commitment to their relationship, Al Woods decides to enlist and finds himself in the US Coast Guard. Read More »
Pete ‘n’ Tillie (1972) Martin Ritt, Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page
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. Read More »
Kotch (1971) Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr
Wanting to avoid settling in a nursing home, Joseph Kotcher, a retired salesman, is obliged to leave his son’s family. Read More »
Voice in the Mirror (1958) Harry Keller, Richard Egan, Julie London, Walter Matthau
Jim Burton has become a chronic alcoholic since the death of his young daughter, and is cared for by hard-working wife. Read More »
Pirates (1986) Roman Polanski, Walter Matthau, Cris Campion, Damien Thomas
Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. Read More »
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) Herbert Ross, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Read More »
The Laughing Policeman (1973) Stuart Rosenberg, Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr.
A policeman is among the victims when the passengers of a late-night bus are machine-gunned. Read More »
Charley Varrick (1973) Don Siegel, Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr
Charley Varrick and his friends rob a small town bank. Expecting a small sum to divide amongst themselves, they are surprised to discover a very LARGE amount of money. Read More »
Fail Safe (1964) Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Drama, Thriller
American planes are sent to deliver a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it’s a mistake due to an electrical malfunction. Can all-out war be averted?
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The Indian Fighter (1955) André De Toth, Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Western
Johnny Hawks, a former Indian fighter, returns to the West after the Civil War. Read More »
Charade (1963) Stanley Donen, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Regina Lampert, a Paris based American, has decided to divorce her Swiss husband, Charles Lampert, because of the secrets and lies that have pervaded their marriage Read More »
A Guide for the Married Man (1967) Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Comedy, Romance
Ed convinces his best friend Paul that he should fool around with other women in order to preserve his happy marriage. Read More »
House Calls (1978) Howard Zieff, Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charley is a surgeon who’s recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann Read More »
Movers & Shakers (1985) William Asher, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia, Comedy
Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a dying friend. Read More »