Buddy Buddy (1981)
3.3 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 36min
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- Synopsis:
Trabucco is a hitman who, having already dispatched two of the witnesses to an act of criminal fraud is about to ice the third, mobster Rudy Gambola before he can testify. As he makes his final preparations, he's interrupted by the sounds of Victor Clooney trying to hang himself in the next hotel room, depressed over his wife Celia's, romance with her sex therapist, Dr. Zuckerbroot. Annoyed, the hitman binds and gags Clooney, who nevertheless escapes,... and decides to switch to a leap from the hotel ledge. The desperate Trabucco finally agrees to take Clooney to see his wife at the clinic, simply and literally to get rid of him, a task which proves much more difficult than the hitman could ever have imagined. Despite occasional flashes of the Wilder wit, "...premature ejaculation means always having to say you're sorry," and Lemmon screaming "Apocalypse Now," as he tries to set himself aflame, the film is a grim, tiresome, finale to one of the great directorial careers. - Actors:
- Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, Dana Elcar, Miles Chapin, Michael Ensign, Joan Shawlee, Fil Formicola, C.J. Hunt, Bette Raya, Ronnie Sperling, Suzie Galler, John Schubeck, Ed Begley Jr.
- Directors:
- Billy Wilder
- Writers:
- Francis Veber, Billy Wilder
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Collections:
- Cinema's Most Memorable Comedy Double Acts, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Billy Wilder, Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema, Top 10 French-Language Remakes
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