Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic86/100
674 audience votes
Key crew
- Gene SaksDirector
- Neal HeftiOriginal Music Composer
- Neil SimonScreenplay
Cast
- Jack LemmonFelix Ungar
- Walter MatthauOscar Madison
- John FiedlerVinnie
- Herb EdelmanMurray
- David SheinerRoy
- Monica EvansCecily
- Carole ShelleyGwendolyn
- Iris AdrianWaitress
- Billie BirdChambermaid (uncredited)
- Angelique PettyjohnGo-go Dancer (uncredited)
- Heywood Hale BrounSports Journalist (uncredited)
- Larry Haines'Speed'
Stills
Themes
new york cityroommatesmale friendshipbased on play or musicalobsessive compulsive disorder (ocd)poker gamedivorced man1960seccentric manneat freakmessy apartmentsports journalism