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Buddy Buddy

6.119811h 36mRMovieComedy

During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.

DirectorBilly Wilder
WritersBilly Wilder·I. A. L. Diamond
ProducersAlain Bernheim·Jay Weston

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Cast · Directed by Billy Wilder

JLJack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Victor Clooney
WMWalter Matthau
Walter Matthau
Trabucco
PPPaula Prentiss
Paula Prentiss
Celia Clooney
KKKlaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski
Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
DEDana Elcar
Dana Elcar
Capt. Hubris
MCMiles Chapin
Miles Chapin
Eddie, the Bellhop
MEMichael Ensign
Michael Ensign
Assistant Manager
JSJoan Shawlee
Joan Shawlee
Receptionist
FF
Fil Formicola
Rudy 'Disco' Gambola
CH
C.J. Hunt
Kowalski
BR
Bette Raya
Mexican Maid
RS
Ronnie Sperling
Hippy Husband

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