Kotch

Kotch
Promotional poster
Directed byJack Lemmon
Screenplay byJohn Paxton
Based onKotch
1965 novel
by Katharine Topkins
Produced byRichard Carter
StarringWalter Matthau
Deborah Winters
Felicia Farr
Charles Aidman
Ellen Geer
CinematographyRichard H. Kline
Edited byRalph E. Winters
Music byMarvin Hamlisch
Production
company
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • September 17, 1971 (1971-09-17)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.5 million[1]
Box office$5 million (rentals)[1]

Kotch is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Lemmon and starring Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman and Ellen Geer.

Adapted by John Paxton from Katharine Topkins's 1965 novel of the same title, the film tells the story of an elderly man who leaves his family rather than go to a nursing home, and strikes up a friendship with a pregnant teenage girl. It is Lemmon's only film behind the camera, and partnered him with friend and frequent co-star Matthau.

  1. ^ a b "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, 31 May 1973, pg 3.

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