Directed by:
Jack LemmonScreenplay:
John PaxtonCinematography:
Richard H. KlineComposer:
Marvin HamlischCast:
Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman, Ellen Geer, Jane Connell, Larry Linville, Dee Carroll, Kim Hamilton, Paul Picerni, Biff Elliot (more)Plots(1)
Joseph P. Kotcher (Matthau) is a kindly, if occasionally exasperating, widower who has worn out his welcome with his son, daughter-in-law and grandson. Despite Kotch's many pearls of wisdom, he soon finds himself feeling useless and unwanted. But just when he seems destined for a retirement home, Kotch befriends a feisty, unwed, teenage mother-to-be and embarks on the unlikeliest of adventures! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Walter Matthau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/482/162482260_cafc48.jpg)
Walter Matthau
USA
Best movies:
Fail-Safe (1964)
JFK (1991)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Deborah Winters
USA
Best movies:
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
Me, Natalie (1969)
Kotch (1971)
![Felicia Farr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677259_e99530.jpg)
Felicia Farr
USA
Best movies:
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Charley Varrick (1973)
The Player (1992)
![Charles Aidman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426756_562b0e.jpg)
Charles Aidman
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Innerspace (1987)
![Ellen Geer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431589_fb5dd0.jpg)
Ellen Geer
USA
Best movies:
Harold and Maude (1971)
Phenomenon (1996)
I Want to Live (1983) (TV movie)
Jane Connell
USA
Best movies:
Kotch (1971)
House Calls (1978)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
![Larry Linville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270379_e4ca84.jpg)
Larry Linville
USA
Best movies:
Kotch (1971)
The Night Stalker (1972) (TV movie)
Body Waves (1992)
Dee Carroll
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Kim Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Kotch (1971)
![Paul Picerni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634617_9893ed.jpg)
Paul Picerni
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Apartment (1960)
![Biff Elliot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482365_53902d.jpg)
Biff Elliot
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Save the Tiger (1973)
The Enemy Below (1957)
![Amzie Strickland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/223/160223023_ad7cdf.jpg)
Amzie Strickland
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Darrell Larson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/862/160862865_62e3dc.jpg)
Darrell Larson
USA
Best movies:
Frances (1982)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Hero (1992)
Jessica Rains
USA
Best movies:
Sleeper (1973)
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Little Miss Marker (1980)
![Lucy Saroyan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/696/161696723_08d216.gif)
Lucy Saroyan
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Cactus Flower (1969)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Jack Lemmon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/219/165219959_48453f.jpg)
Jack Lemmon
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
JFK (1991)
The Apartment (1960)
Penny Santon
USA
Best movies:
West Side Story (1961)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Funny Girl (1968)
Tamar Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
Nickelodeon (1976)
Kotch (1971)
Arlen Stuart
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Pillow Talk (1959)
![James Brodhead](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/350/163350779_e267aa.jpg)
James Brodhead
USA
Best movies:
Frances (1982)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Leadbelly (1976)