Director: Fred Coe

Writer: Herb Gardner

From a play by: Herb Gardner

Keywords: Romantic Comedy

Murray, a middle-aged man who has spent much of his life avoiding employment, raises his nephew Nick, essentially abandoned by Murray's sister. But now children's aid workers have discovered the situation, consider it unsuitable, and Murray faces altering his life choices or losing custody of Nick. To complicate matters, one of the workers falls in love with Murray. Won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; received additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Score.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Martin Balsam	Actor	4-Nov-1919	13-Feb-1996	A Thousand Clowns
Phil Bruns	Actor	2-May-1931	8-Feb-2012	George Shumway on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
William Daniels	Actor	31-Mar-1927		Voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider
Barbara Harris	Actor	25-Jul-1935	21-Aug-2018	Freaky Friday
Jason Robards	Actor	26-Jul-1922	26-Dec-2000	All The President's Men
Gene Saks	Theater Director	8-Nov-1921	28-Mar-2015	The Odd Couple

CAST

Jason Robards	...   Murray Burns
Barbara Harris	...   Dr. Sandra Markowitz
Martin Balsam	...   Arnold Burns
Gene Saks	...   Leo Herman (Chuckles the Chipmunk)
William Daniels	...   Albert Amundson
Philip Bruns	...   Jimmy Sloan (producer in restaurant)
John MacMartin	...   Producer
Barry Gordon	...   Nick

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