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The Out-of-Towners (1969)

Director: Arthur Hiller

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From Time Out Film Guide

Lemmon and Dennis undergo the unexpurgated Manhattan melodrama: arriving from Iowa for a job interview, the couple run into a transit strike, a blizzard, a hotel which hasn't honoured their reservation, a mugging, and other New York specialities. Then, when they are flying home again happily, their plane is hijacked by Cuban revolutionaries. Neil Simon cranks out this kind of fluff before breakfast, but it is enjoyable. Lemmon suffers the mounting indignities with the skill acquired from playing urban neurotics for most of his career. Sandy Dennis, whose 'Oh my Gaards' punctuate the film like fingernails on a blackboard, gets everything she asks for.

Author: ATu

Time Out Film Guide

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Cast & crew

Director: Arthur Hiller

Producer: Paul Nathan

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Anne Meara, Ann Prentiss, Ron Carey, Sandy Baron, Phil Bruns, Carlos Montalban, Paul Dooley, Billy Dee Williams full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 97 mins


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