Walter Matthau Movies

After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local...

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.

For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.

Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better...

An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career.

Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about Adam and Eve by offering the female lead to Tony's...

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives...

A family living 50 miles away try to flee from the fallout of an atomic bomb that fell on New York City.

This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass--the team that brought you just about...

French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking.

A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.

Gangster and cop killer Jack Martin is on the run from the law, and hides out in a small town. Low on funds, he engineers a clever bank robbery that...

An irresponsible student enlists in the Coast Guard expecting to sit out World War II.

A documentary hosted by Walter Matthau, which discussed and showed examples from cinematic comedy classics. Long portions of the documentary were...

A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up...

Jack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominations and two Oscars. Later in life, his achievement...

A bored housewife poses as a call girl for a movie star sex-symbol, hoping she can prove to her husband, the star's agent, that she is still...

A film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin.

Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II, Cobb has to contend with the...