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Some Like It Hot (1959)
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, Robert Thoeren
Cast Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Plot After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
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The Apartment (1960)
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Cast Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray
Plot A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.
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The Odd Couple (1968)
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Director Gene Saks
Writer Neil Simon
Cast Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler
Plot A New Yorker newly separated from his wife moves in with his best friend, a divorced sportswriter, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.
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JFK (1991)
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Director Oliver Stone
Writer Jim Garrison, Jim Marrs, Oliver Stone
Cast Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon
Plot New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
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Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
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Director Blake Edwards
Writer J.P. Miller
Cast Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford
Plot An alcoholic marries a young woman and systematically addicts her to booze so that they can share his "passion" together.
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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
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Director James Foley
Writer David Mamet
Cast Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin
Plot An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
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Irma la Douce (1963)
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Alexandre Breffort, Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Cast Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi
Plot When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.
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The China Syndrome (1979)
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Director James Bridges
Writer Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, James Bridges
Cast Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas
Plot A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
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The Great Race (1965)
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Director Blake Edwards
Writer Arthur A. Ross, Blake Edwards
Cast Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon
Plot In the early 20th century, heroic Leslie Gallant and his despicable rival Professor Fate engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris while enthusiastic suffragette Maggie Dubois enters the race to report on every step...
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The Fortune Cookie (1966)
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Cast Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich
Plot A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
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Missing (1982)
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Director Costa-Gavras
Writer Costa-Gavras, Donald E. Stewart, Thomas Hauser
Cast Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron
Plot When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.
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Bell Book and Candle (1958)
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Director Richard Quine
Writer Daniel Taradash, John Van Druten
Cast James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon
Plot A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead.
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The Front Page (1974)
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Billy Wilder
Cast Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon
Plot A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
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It Should Happen to You (1954)
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Director George Cukor
Writer Garson Kanin
Cast Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford
Plot When a young woman with dreams of fame rents a billboard to advertise herself, her life changes overnight.
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12 Angry Men (1997)
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Director William Friedkin
Writer Reginald Rose
Cast Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Hume Cronyn
Plot Twelve men must decide the fate of one when one juror objects to the jury's decision.
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How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
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Director Richard Quine
Writer George Axelrod
Cast Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas
Plot A dedicated bachelor drunkenly marries a young woman and immediately lives to regret it.
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Avanti! (1972)
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Samuel A. Taylor, Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Cast Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill
Plot A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body--and discovers that Dad died with his long-time mistress.
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Grumpy Old Men (1993)
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Director Donald Petrie
Writer Mark Steven Johnson
Cast Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret
Plot A lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street.
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Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
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Director David Swift
Writer James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, David Swift
Cast Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine
Plot To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, the married man next door poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his advertising job and his recent promotion depends on maintaining a conservative, moral app...
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The Out of Towners (1970)
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Director Arthur Hiller
Writer Neil Simon
Cast Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Sandy Baron
Plot Ohio sales executive George Kellerman accepts a higher position within the company and travels to New York City with his wife Gwen for his job interview. But things start badly and only grow worse in Neil Simon's dark urban comedy.
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Cowboy (1958)
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Director Delmer Daves
Writer Frank Harris, Edmund H. North, Dalton Trumbo
Cast Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi
Plot An idealistic tenderfoot Chicago hotel clerk is taken on a cattle-drive to Mexico by famous trail boss Tom Reece but discovers that cowboy life isn't what he expected.
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The Notorious Landlady (1962)
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Director Richard Quine
Writer Larry Gelbart, Blake Edwards, Margery Sharp
Cast Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire
Plot An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.
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Airport '77 (1977)
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Director Jerry Jameson
Writer Arthur Hailey, Michael Scheff, David Spector
Cast Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten
Plot Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
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It Happened to Jane (1959)
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Director Richard Quine
Writer Norman Katkov, Max Wilk
Cast Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs
Plot Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the ...
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Save the Tiger (1973)
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Director John G. Avildsen
Writer Steve Shagan
Cast Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman
Plot Troubled garment manufacturer Harry Stoner tries to make his small debt-ridden factory survive, hires an arsonist to burn down a building so Harry can collect the insurance money, he pimps for clients, and has flashbacks to the war.
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My Sister Eileen (1955)
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Director Richard Quine
Writer Blake Edwards, Richard Quine, Joseph Fields
Cast Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett
Plot After submitting a story of her beautiful sister, a woman assumes her identity to maintain the attention of a playboy publisher.
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
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Director Richard Murphy
Writer Richard Murphy, Herb Margolis, William Raynor
Cast Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund
Plot During WW2, Lt. Rip Crandall, who was a yachtsman before the war, takes command of the USS Echo, a sailing ship, for a secret mission in waters patrolled by Japanese warships.
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Grumpier Old Men (1995)
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Director Howard Deutch
Writer Mark Steven Johnson
Cast Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret
Plot Just as John and Max resolve to save their beloved bait shop from turning into an Italian restaurant, its new female owner catches Max's attention.
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Phffft (1954)
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Director Mark Robson
Writer George Axelrod
Cast Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson
Plot While pursuing new companions, a former married couple keep running into each other all over town.
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Buddy Buddy (1981)
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Francis Veber, Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Cast Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss
Plot During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next-door neighbor wants to commit suicide over marital problems.
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Dad (1989)
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Director Gary David Goldberg
Writer William Wharton, Gary David Goldberg
Cast Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis
Plot While his mom recovers in hospital from a heart attack, John puts his busy life on hold to fly home and help his elderly dad around the house. John's son later joins them and they all truly bond for the first and, tragically, fina...
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Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
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Director David Swift
Writer Lawrence Roman, David Swift
Cast Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones
Plot A horny, love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty young tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
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Fire Down Below (1957)
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Director Robert Parrish
Writer Irwin Shaw, Max Catto
Cast Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon
Plot The friendship between two tramp boat owners is threatened by the arrival of a beautiful and seductive passenger.
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
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Director Melvin Frank
Writer Neil Simon
Cast Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks
Plot A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack.
