Showing posts with label Walter Matthau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walter Matthau. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Sunshine Boys (1975):


The Sunshine Boys

directed by Herbert Ross,
written by Neil Simon,
based on the play by Neil Simon,
was released in the United States on November 6, 1975.
Music by Irwin Fisch.


Cast:

Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur, Rosetta LeNoire, F. Murray Abraham, Howard Hesseman, James Cranna, Ron Rifkin, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Fritz Feld, Jack Bernardi, Garn Stephens, Santos Morales, Archie Hahn, Sid Gould, Tom Spratley, Rashel Novikoff, Sammy Smith, Dan Resin, Milt Kogan, Bob Goldstein, Walter Stocker, Duchess Dale, Bill Reddick, Eddie Villery, Gary K. Steven, Steve Allen, Phyllis Diller, Lois Hamilton, Lauren Simon, Rufus Smith.

Saturday, October 19, 2024

On this day in movie history - Charley Varrick (1973):


Charley Varrick

directed by Don Siegel,
written by Dean Riesner and Howard A. Rodman,
based on the novel The Looters by John H. Reese,
was released in the United States on October 19, 1973.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.


Cast:

Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, Sheree North, Norman Fell, Benson Fong, Woodrow Parfrey, William Schallert, Jacqueline Scott, Marjorie Bennett, Rudy Diaz, Colby Chester, Charlie Briggs, Priscilla Garcia, Scott Hale, Charles Matthau, Hope Summers, Monica Lewis, James Nolan, Tom Tully, Albert Popwell, Kathleen O'Malley, Christina Hart, Craig R. Baxley, Al Dunlap, Virginia Wing, Don Siegel, John Vernon, Robert D. Carver, Joe Conforte, Art Cribbs, Carol Daniels, Thom Dunbar, Richard R. Hogan, Fred Little, Holly Nutter, Fred Scheiwiller, Bob Steele, Carlos Velasquez, Walt Wallace.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974):


The Taking of Pelham 123

directed by Joseph Sargent,
written by Peter Stone,
based on the novel by John Godey,
was released in the United States on October 2, 1974.
Music by David Shire.


Cast:

Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace, Tom Pedi, Beatrice Winde, Jerry Stiller, Nathan George, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Doris Roberts, Julius Harris, Cynthia Belgrave, Anna Berger, Gary Bolling, Carol Cole, Alex Colon, Joe Fields, Mari Gorman, Michael Gorrin, Thomas La Fleur, MarĂ­a Landa, Louise Larabee, George Lee Miles, Carolyn Nelson, Eric O'Hanian, Lucy Saroyan, William Snickowski, Barry Snyder, Walter Jones, Jerry Holland, Robert Weil, Penny Krompier, Christopher Murney, Timothy Meyers, Ruth Attaway, Thomas Barbour, Marvin Silbersher, Neil Brooks Cunningham, Sal Viscuso, Tony Fasce, Burtt Harris, Gene Gross, Walter Lott, Conrad Yama, Sho Onodera, Toru Nagai, Tura Nakamura, Rowena Rollins, Joseph Attles, Willis Pinkett, Michelle Matthow, Isabella Hoopes, Bill Cobbs, Jim Pelham, Joe Seneca, Gino Gennaro, Carmine Foresta, Tony Roberts, Hy Anzell, Ines Hellendall, Jean-Paul Hellendall, Ben Lautman, Carey Loftin, James Mapes, Paul Nuckles, Jay Rasumny, Charles Silvern, Dominique St. Pierre, Dolph Sweet, Frank Ventgen.

Sunday, September 1, 2024

On this day in movie history - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957):


Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,
directed by Arnold Laven,
written by Lawrence Roman,
was released in the United States on September 1, 1957.
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.


Cast:
Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Walter Matthau, Charles McGraw, Sam Levene, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Nick Dennis, Joe Downing, Ned Wever, Billy M. Greene, John McNamara, Amzie Strickland, Mickey Hargitay.

Sunday, July 7, 2024

On this day in movie history - Mirage (1965):


Mirage,
directed by Edward Dmytryk,
written by Peter Stone,
based on the novel Fallen Angel by Walter Ericson,
was released in the United States on July 7, 1965.
Music by Quincy Jones.


Cast:
Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Weston, Leif Erickson, Walter Abel, George Kennedy, Robert H. Harris, Anne Seymour, House B. Jameson, Hari Rhodes, Syl Lamont, Eileen Baral, Neil Fitzgerald, Franklin Cover.

Monday, December 25, 2023

On this day in movie history - Grumpy Old Men (1993):


Grumpy Old Men,
directed by Donald Petrie,
written by Mark Steven Johnson,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1993.
Music by Alan Silvestri.


Cast:
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, Buck Henry, Christopher McDonald, Steve Cochran, Joe Howard, Isabell O'Connor, Buffy Sedlachek, John Carroll Lynch, Charles Brin, Oliver Osterberg, Joel Edwards, Steven Mark Hahn, Sharon Howard, Larissa Lowthorp, Katie Sagona, Katie Wahlquist.

Friday, December 22, 2023

On this day in movie history - Grumpier Old Men (1995):


Grumpier Old Men,
directed by Howard Deutch,
written by Mark Steven Johnson,
was released in the United States on December 22, 1995.
Music by Alan Silvestri.


Cast:
Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Sophia Loren, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Katie Sagona, Ann Morgan Guilbert, James Andelin, Marcus Klemp, Max Wright, Cheryl Hawker, Wayne A. Evenson, Allison Levine, John Patrick Martin, Adam Ward, Ryan Waldoch, James Cada, Jaclyn Ross, Kyle Christopherson, Jeffrey L. Smith, Geraldo Rivera, Warren Schueneman, Jack Mitsch, Sterling Robson, Gregory Schuneman, Denny Schusted, Michelle Johnston, Wallace Olson, Carl Johnson, Eugene Karels, Lawrence Grivna, Joel Edwards, Larissa Lowthorp, Johnny Luckett, Tammara Melloy, Shirley Stoler, Ryan Wotherspoon.

Friday, December 1, 2023

December in movie history - Gangster Story (1959):


Gangster Story,
directed by Walter Matthau,
written by Paul Purcell,
based on a story by Richard Grey and V.J. Rheims,
was released in the United States in December, 1959.
Exact release date unknown.
Music by Alex Compinsky.


Cast:
Walter Matthau, Carol Grace, Bruce MacFarlane, Garry Walberg, Raikin Ben-Ari, David Leonard, John Albright, Clegg Hoyt, Leonard Bremen, Vic Tayback.