Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1971 · 1h 53m

Kotch

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Director
Jack Lemmon
Cast
Walter Matthau as Joseph P. Kotcher Deborah Winters as Erica Herzenstiel Felicia Farr as Wilma Kotcher Charles Aidman as Gerald Kotcher Ellen Geer as Vera Kotcher Donald Kowalski as Duncan Kotcher
Crew
Richard H. Kline — Director of Photography Ralph E. Winters — Editor Marvin Hamlisch — Original Music Composer John Paxton — Screenplay Katharine Topkins — Novel Richard Carter — Producer
Tagline

Walter Matthau in the role only he could make so excitingly different...

Synopsis

When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a road trip instead of settling in a retirement home. Befriending Erica, a young pregnant woman and his grandson's former nanny, Kotch begins to finds new meaning in life as he helps her prepare to welcome her baby into the world.

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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookpalm springsnursing hometeenage pregnancy
Key Collaborators
Jack Lemmon Director Richard H. Kline Director of Photography Ralph E. Winters Editor Marvin Hamlisch Original Music Composer John Paxton Screenplay Katharine Topkins Novel Richard Carter Producer John A. Anderson Costume Design
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