The Odd Couple ★★★½ 1968 (G) Two divorced men with completely opposite personalities move in together. Lemmon's obsession with neatness drives slob Matthau up the wall, and their inability to see eye-to-eye results in many hysterical escapades. A Hollywood rarity, it is actually better in some ways than Neil Simon's original Broadway version. Simon based the characters on brother Danny and his roommates. Basis for the hit TV series. 106m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Herb Edelman, John Fiedler, Monica Evans, Carol(e) Shelley;
Director:
Gene Saks;
Writer:
Neil Simon;
Writer:
Robert B. Hauser.
