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The Odd Couple

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The Odd Couple
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G,1hr 46min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
January 1, 1968
Director:
Gene Saks
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler  ...more
Synopsis: Compulsive neatnik Felix Unger (Jack Lemmon) is thrown out of his house by his divorce-bound wife. He wanders aimlessly through the streets of New York, toying with the idea of suicide, before gravitating to the apartment of his best friend, incorrigibly sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau). Worried that Felix will try something desperate, Oscar, himself in the process of being divorced by his wife, invites Felix to move in with him. Within a few days, this mismatched pair is on the ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
Perhaps the funniest film version of a Neil Simon play, The Odd Couple benefits from the superb comic interaction of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. It was Matthau and Lemmon's second movie together (following 1966's similar Fortune Cookie), though it would not be their last. Adapted for the screen by the playwright and helmed by Broadway director Gene Saks, the film successfully walked a fine line ... Full Review
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Jack Lemmon
Felix Unger
Walter Matthau
Oscar Madison
John Fiedler
Vinnie
Herb Edelman
Murray
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