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During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
Theatrical
Dec 11, 1981
Box Office
$7.3M
Budget
$10.0M
Return
0.7x
Director
Billy Wilder
Producers
Charles Matthau, Jay Weston, Alain Bernheim
Music
Lalo Schifrin
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bernheim/Weston Productions
Themes
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Cast
Full credits →J
Jack Lemmon
Victor Clooney
W
Walter Matthau
Trabucco
P
Paula Prentiss
Celia Clooney
K
Klaus Kinski
Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
D
Dana Elcar
Capt. Hubris
M
Miles Chapin
Eddie, the Bellhop
M
Michael Ensign
Assistant Manager
J
Joan Shawlee
Receptionist
F
Fil Formicola
Rudy 'Disco' Gambola
R
Ronnie Sperling
Hippy Husband
S
Suzie Galler
Pregnant Wife
E
Ed Begley Jr.
Lieutenant #1
F
Frank Farmer
Lieutenant #2
T
Tom Kindle
Highway Patrolman #1
B
Biff Manard
Highway Patrolman #2
C
Charlotte Stewart
Nurse
N
Neile Adams
Saleswoman
M
Myrna Dell
Cashier
G
Gene Price
News Announcer
B
Ben Lessy
Barney Pritzig