Jack Lemmon

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It Should Happen to You (1954): Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon; Aspiring model Judy Holliday gets the kind of attention she hadn't bargained for when she advertises herself on a giant billboard. Jack Lemmon's…
Mister Roberts (1955): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon; Naval officer Henry Fonda yearns for combat but instead must tolerate his eccentric captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his funny…
My Sister Eileen (1955): Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh; Charming if not modest retread of the "brains vs. beauty" dilemma sees on–screen sisters Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett jostle for the affection…
Fire Down Below (1957): Dir. Robert Parrish
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon…; Adventure drama set in the Caribbean, with Jack Lemmon and Robert Mitchum playing U.S. expatriates who eke out a meager subsistence transporting…
Bell, Book and Candle (1958): Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon; Enchanting romantic comedy adapted from the Broadway play stars Kim Novak as a witch who casts a spell on her neighbour, played by James Stewart.
Some Like It Hot (1959): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe; One of the great comedies, in which Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dress as women and join an all–girl travelling jazz band in order to escape the…
It Happened to Jane (1959): Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs; Ordinary folk take on corporate bullying in this under–rated rom–com starring Doris Day as a widowed small–business woman and…
Apartment, The (1960): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine; Neurotic insurance clerk Jack Lemmon wheedles his way up the corporate ladder by loaning his apartment keys to philandering executives, unknowing…
Days of Wine and Roses (1962): Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford…; A bittersweet reprise of THE LOST WEEKEND, with PR–expert Jack Lemmon's never–ending round of cocktail parties dragging him and his wife…
Irma La Douce (1963): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Tura Satana; On patrol in the red–light district of Paris, gendarme Jack Lemmon pines after whore–with–a–heart–of–gold Shirley…
Great Race, The (1965): Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood…; Near–classic comedy set around the first New York–to–Paris car race in the early 20th century, with a cast of greats and bag of…
How To Murder Your Wife (1965): Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Claire Trevor…; Lemmon plays a wealthy cartoonist who accidentally marries stripper Lisi while on a bender, and struggles to devise a quick 'solution' to the…
Fortune Cookie, The (1966): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau; Comical cynicism by the experts: the magical trio of Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau (who won an Oscar), and dir. Wilder. When Lemmon suffers a football…
Odd Couple, The (1968): Dir. Gene Saks
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau; Neil Simon's genius was in full force when he wrote this smash Broadway play – a letter–perfect, belly–aching examination of men in…
Out-of-Towners, The (1970): Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis; Playing on the prejudices of 'ordinary folk' towards the Big Bad City of New York, writer Neil Simon cranks out a series of escalating indignities…
Kotch (1971): Dir. Jack Lemmon
Feat. Walter Matthau; Heart–warming fare with irascible senior citizen Walter Matthau resisting all attempts to 'retire' him. Matthau's regular screen buddy directs.
Avanti (1972): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills; Neglected upon release, but now no more, this late Billy Wilder comedy, Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills connect in a Mediterranean resort, where each…
Save the Tiger (1973): Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Harvey Jason…; Spotty meditation on moral conflict in 1970's America with Lemmon as a troubled business owner longing for the past. Wordy and overstuffed with…
Front Page, The (1974): Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Susan Sarandon…; Regular odd couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau jostle on screen in this snappy remake of HIS GIRL FRIDAY, playing reporters in the midst of a…
Airport '77 (1977): Dir. Jerry Jameson
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, James Stewart…; This third installment in the Airport franchise has a jetliner plunging into the mid–Atlantic's Bermuda Triangle where a fresh celebrity…
China Syndrome, The (1978): Dir. James Bridges
Feat. Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Jack Lemmon; Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas pair as TV journalists who become involved in the cover–up of a major malfunction at a nuclear power plant.…
Missing (1982): Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron…; Jack Lemmon goes in search of his missing son in volatile Latin America (based on Chile), where even the American representives seem to be concealing…
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987): Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Jack Lemmon; Jack Lemmon gives an incredible performance as the patriach of a family plagued with drug–addiction, madness and disease. Based on Eugene…
Dad (1989): Dir. Gary David Goldberg
Feat. Ted Danson, Jack Lemmon, Ethan Hawke…; Ted Danson returns home to find his father (Jack Lemmon) has physically and emotionally deteriorated.
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992): Dir. James Foley
Feat. Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris…; Gripping transposition of David Mamet's savage stageplay about ruthless real estate salesmen who reel under a do–or–die sales ultimatum.…
Life in the Theatre, A (1993): Dir. Gregory Mosher
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Matthew Broderick; An affectionate and heartfelt look at thespian lives from playwright David Mamet. Jack Lemmon and Matthew Broderick are the 'spring and autumn' pair…
Short Cuts (1993): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Waits…; Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason–Leigh, Tom Waits and Jack Lemmon lead 18 other stars in this extraordinary observation of the ordinary. Several of…
Grumpy Old Men (1994): Dir. Donald Petrie
Feat. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret; Lightweight reunion of talented old men Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon as long–squabbling widowers whose basic instincts are revived by sexy…
Grass Harp, The (1996): Dir. Charles Matthau
Feat. Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie…; Adapted from Truman Capote's novel about a young boy raised by his three eccentric aunts in the American Deep South, and capturing the period, but…
My Fellow Americans (1996): Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd; Fanciful political comedy supposes two foul–mouthed, grumpy old ex–Presidents (Jack Lemmon, James Garner) framed and on the run from…
Hamlet (1997): Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Jack Lemmon…; A flash and vigorous reading of Shakespeare's tragedy of the melancholy Dane, hatched by Kenneth Branagh and a bevy of incongruous thesps. An…
Odd Couple 2, The (1997): Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau; Felix and Oscar reunite – grumpier and a good deal older in Neil Simon's follow–up to the original hit. The comic timing of Jack Lemmon…
Twelve Angry Men (1997): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. George C. Scott, Ossie Davis, Armin Mueller-Stahl…; An award–winning television version of the classic jury–room drama. Re–written by the scriptwriter of the original film version…
Tuesdays with Morrie (2002): Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Hank Azaria; Jack Lemmon's last major role was in this unassuming telemovie about the friendship between an indomitable, but dying college professor and one of…

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