In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.

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Cast

Jack Lemmon

Felix Ungar

Walter Matthau

Oscar Madison

John Fiedler

Vinnie

Herb Edelman

Murray

David Sheiner

Roy

Monica Evans

Cecily

Carole Shelley

Gwendolyn

Iris Adrian

Waitress

Billie Bird

Chambermaid (uncredited)

Angelique Pettyjohn

Go-go Dancer (uncredited)

Heywood Hale Broun

Sports Journalist (uncredited)