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6.2During 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.
Released: 1981-04-0296 minDir: Billy WilderComedy, CrimeBudget: $10.0MBox office: $7.3M
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Victor Clooney
- Walter Matthau as Trabucco
- Paula Prentiss as Celia Clooney
- Klaus Kinski as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
- Dana Elcar as Capt. Hubris
- Miles Chapin as Eddie, the Bellhop
Themes
- hotel
- island
- hitman
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1980s screwball comedy films1981 American films1981 comedy films1981 English-language films1981 filmsAmerican buddy comedy filmsAmerican films based on playsAmerican remakes of French filmsAmerican screwball comedy filmsCinema International Corporation filmsFilms about contract killing in the United StatesFilms based on adaptations