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Overview

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Director:
Billy Wilder
Writers:
Francis Veber (play)
Francis Veber (story)
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Release Date:
11 December 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
The greatest movie buddies of all time are back!
Plot:
Walter Matthau plays a professional killer going by the name of Trabucco, who is on his way to rub out gangster Rudy "Disco" Gambola... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
It's Wilder's 95th
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 June 2001)

User Comments:
what a waste more (15 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Lemmon ... Victor Clooney

Walter Matthau ... Trabucco
Paula Prentiss ... Celia Clooney
Klaus Kinski ... Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
Dana Elcar ... Capt. Hubris
Miles Chapin ... Eddie, the Bellhop

Michael Ensign ... Assistant Manager
Joan Shawlee ... Receptionist
Fil Formicola ... Rudy 'Disco' Gambola
C.J. Hunt ... Kowalski
Bette Raya ... Mexican Maid

Ronnie Sperling ... Hippy Husband
Suzie Galler ... Pregnant Wife
John Schubeck ... Newscaster

Ed Begley Jr. ... Lieutenant #1
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:L | USA:R | Australia:M | Canada:A (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Riverside, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The fourth pairing out of ten movies of comic actors and great friends Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When they arrive with the pregnant woman at the Zuckerbrot clinic the crew and equipment are more than once reflected on Trabucco's car. more
Quotes:
Clooney: We've been together 12 years.
Celia Clooney: 12 years - as long as that!
Clooney: Well maybe they weren't great years but there were good weeks here and there.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Cinemania (2002) more
Soundtrack:
Cecilia more

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3 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
what a waste, 14 February 2004
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Author: kyle_furr

This was Billy Wilder's last film. The movie stars Walter Matthau as a hit man who quickly gets p***ed with Jack Lemmon who keeps bothering him with his problems. Matthau just wants to finish his job and Lemmon won't let him. There is hardly anything funny in here expect for a couple of small laughs. You should watch The Fortune Cookie instead.

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