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The Out-of-Towners is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Arthur Hiller released in USA on 28 may 1970 with Jack Lemmon
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
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Add to a movie listThe Out-of-Towners is a 1970 comedy film written by Neil Simon, directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. It was released by Paramount Pictures on May 28, 1970.
Much of the film's humor is derived from the interaction between George, the manic husband desperately collecting the names of everyone he encounters with plans to sue every last one of them, and Gwen, the mousy wife who accepts each new indignity with quiet resignation.
A number of comic actors, including Anne Meara, Sandy Baron, Ann Prentiss, Paul Dooley, and Anthony Holland, were cast in small supporting roles.
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The plot revolves around Gwen and George Kellerman, whose company has invited him to interview for a possible job promotion in New York City. From the moment they depart their home town of Twin Oaks, Ohio, the couple suffers nearly every indignity out-of-towners possibly could experience: Heavy air traffic and heavy fog forces their flight to circle around Kennedy Intl. Airport and the New York skyline repeatedly before finally being rerouted to Boston's Logan Airport, where they discover their luggage - in which George's ulcer medication and Gwen's extra cash are packed - was left behind.Actors
Jack Lemmon
(George Kellerman)
Sandy Dennis
(Gwen Kellerman)
Sandy Baron
(Lenny Moyers)
Anne Meara
(Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station)
Robert Nichols
(Passenger)
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