The Odd Couple
“...say no more.”
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.
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2 films
Cast
12 people
Jack Lemmon
Felix Ungar
Known for
The Apartment
Some Like It Hot
Walter Matthau
Oscar Madison
Known for
Dennis the Menace
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
John Fiedler
Vinnie
Known for
12 Angry Men
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Herb Edelman
Murray
Known for
Barefoot in the Park
The Golden Girls
David Sheiner
Roy
Known for
Blue Thunder
Manimal
Monica Evans
Cecily
Known for
Robin Hood
The Aristocats
Carole Shelley
Gwendolyn
Known for
Robin Hood
Hercules
Iris Adrian
Waitress
Known for
The Love Bug
The Paleface
Billie Bird
Chambermaid (uncredited)
Known for
Sixteen Candles
Dennis the Menace
Angelique Pettyjohn
Go-go Dancer (uncredited)
Known for
The Lost Empire
Heywood Hale Broun
Sports Journalist (uncredited)
Known for
Housesitter
Larry Haines
'Speed'
Known for
The Seven-Ups
Gene Saks Director · Neil Simon Screenplay Neal Hefti Composer
Worldwide gross $45M · Budget $1.2M · United States release May 16, 1968
Box office
Budget
$1,200,000
Worldwide gross
$44,527,234
Gross vs. budget
37.1×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 7, 1968
Premiere
United States · May 16, 1968
Theatrical
United States
May 2, 1968 · Premiere
Belgium
February 7, 1969 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 27, 1968 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 5, 1968 · Theatrical
Finland
September 13, 1968 · Theatrical
France
August 7, 1968 · Theatrical
Germany
August 16, 1968 · Theatrical
Greece
September 13, 1968 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 11, 1971 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 8, 1968 · Theatrical
Italy
September 10, 1968 · Theatrical
Japan
April 19, 1969 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 4, 1969 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 2, 1968 · Theatrical
January 25, 2003 · TV
January 26, 2003 · Physical
Spain
September 20, 1968 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 7, 1968 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 16, 1968 · Theatrical
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