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Kotch

Comedy · Drama

Kotch

Walter Matthau in the role only he could make so excitingly different...

6.6(33) 9/17/1971 1h 53m
ComedyDrama

When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a road trip instead of settling in a retirement home. Befriending Erica, a young pregnant woman and his grandson's former nanny, Kotch begins to finds new meaning in life as he helps her prepare to welcome her baby into the world.

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Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Joseph P. Kotcher

Deborah Winters

Deborah Winters

Erica Herzenstiel

Felicia Farr

Felicia Farr

Wilma Kotcher

Charles Aidman

Charles Aidman

Gerald Kotcher

EG

Ellen Geer

Vera Kotcher

DK

Donald Kowalski

Duncan Kotcher

DK

Dean Kowalski

Duncan Kotcher

Arlen Stuart

Arlen Stuart

Mrs. Fisher

Directed by

Jack Lemmon

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CinemaSerf

6/10

4/9/2026

'Kotch' (Walter Matthau) is a doting grandfather who lives with his son 'Gerald' (Charles Aidman), his wife 'Wilma' (Felicia Farr) and their young son 'Duncan' (Donald Kowalski) whose antics are frequently the cause of his troubles. Meantime, his daughter-in-law hires the young 'Erica' (Deborah Winters) to do some childminding and of course, grandpa doesn't approve. It's whilst he is doing some illicit snooping of his own, he discovers that she and her boyfriend aren't being very discreet - but how can he alert 'Gerald' without admitting he was where he never ought to have been? 'Wilma' has had enough of her father-in-law and so reluctantly her husband decides it's time for the shared dining room and chintz curtains for his father, but 'Kotch' is no fool and managing to bamboozle the psych

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