Movie
The Odd Couple
Overview
In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.
Details
- Release date
- 1968-05-16
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar
- Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison
- John Fiedler as Vinnie
- Herb Edelman as Murray
- David Sheiner as Roy
- Monica Evans as Cecily
- Carole Shelley as Gwendolyn
- Iris Adrian as Waitress
- Billie Bird as Chambermaid (uncredited)
- Angelique Pettyjohn as Go-go Dancer (uncredited)
- Heywood Hale Broun as Sports Journalist (uncredited)
- Larry Haines as 'Speed'
Crew
- Gene Saks - Director
- Neil Simon - Screenplay
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