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The Best Movies Starring Walter Matthau

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Charade 1963, 113 min.

Stanley Donen • Starring: James Coburn, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn

Comedy Thriller • Comedy • Mystery

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A Face in the Crowd 1957, 125 min.

Elia Kazan • Starring: Andy Griffith, Anthony Franciosa, Patricia Neal

Drama • Media Satire • Satire

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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974, 104 min.

Joseph Sargent • Starring: Walter Matthau, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman

Action Thriller • Action • Crime Thriller

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Fail-Safe 1964, 112 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton

Disaster Film • Drama • Political Thriller

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The Odd Couple 1968, 105 min.

Gene Saks • Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler

Based-on-Theatre • Buddy Film • Comedy of Errors

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Bigger Than Life 1956, 95 min.

NIcholas Ray • Starring: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau

Drama • Family Drama • Medical Drama

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The Fortune Cookie 1966, 125 min.

Billy Wilder • Starring: Jack Lemmon, Judi West, Ron Rich

Comedy of Manners • Comedy • Con Artist / Hustler

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The Bad News Bears 1976, 102 min.

Michael Ritchie • Starring: Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Jackie Earle Haley

Comedy • Sports Drama • Americana

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Charley Varrick 1973, 111 min.

Don Siegel • Starring: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Andrew Robinson

Action Thriller • Caper • Chase Movie

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A New Leaf 1971, 102 min.

Elaine May • Starring: Walter Matthau, George Rose, James Coco

Black Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime

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Hello, Dolly! 1969, 146 min.

Gene Kelly • Starring: Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong, Danny Lockin

Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Musical

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Lonely Are the Brave 1962, 107 min.

David Miller • Starring: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau

Drama • Western

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Grumpy Old Men 1993, 103 min.

Donald Petrie • Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret

Buddy Film • Comedy • Comedy Drama

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Hopscotch 1980, 106 min.

Ronald Neame • Starring: Glenda Jackson, Walter Matthau, Sam Waterston

Action • Action Comedy • Adventure Comedy

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The Sunshine Boys 1975, 111 min.

Herbert Ross • Starring: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin

Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Reunion Films

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Cactus Flower 1969, 103 min.

Gene Saks • Starring: Walter Matthau, Goldie Hawn, Ingrid Bergman

Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Romance

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King Creole 1958, 116 min.

Michael Curtiz • Starring: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Dean Jagger

Musical • Rock Musical

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Mirage 1965, 108 min.

Edward Dmytryk • Starring: Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau

Mystery • Post-Noir • Thriller

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California Suite 1978, 103 min.

Herbert Ross • Starring: Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau

Comedy • Drama • Romance

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Grumpier Old Men 1995, 101 min.

Howard Deutch • Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Sophia Loren

Buddy Film • Comedy • Odd Couple Film

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