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The Out-of-Towners

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The Out-of-Towners
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G,1hr 38min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
May 28, 1970
Director:
Arthur Hiller
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Sandy Baron  ...more
Synopsis: Ohio businessman Jack Lemmon is offered a golden job opportunity; all he has to do is relocate himself and wife Sandy Dennis to New York City. What follows has led some critics to complain that playwright Neil Simon has written a "hate letter" to Manhattan. Within a 36 hour period, the couple (a) loses their airplane luggage; (b) are forced to travel from Boston to New York in a greasy old train; ( c ) can't get any sort of service because virtually everyone in Fun City is on strike; (d) are mugged ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
One of writer Neil Simon's more sustained comedic conceits, this nothing-goes-right comedy provided the template for countless imitators - see also Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the National Lampoon's Vacation series, or the dismal 1999 Steve Martin remake of the same name -- without being very good itself. The Out-of-Towners' problem certainly isn't casting: Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis have the ... Full Review
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Jack Lemmon
George Kellerman
Sandy Dennis
Gwen Kellerman
Sandy Baron
TV Man
Milt Kamen
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