Out to Sea Movie Review 1997

Charlie (Matthau) persuades brother-in-law Herb (Lemmon) to become a dance instructor aboard a cruise ship so they can meet women and con them out of money. Charlie sets his sights on feisty socialite Liz (Cannon), while Herb romances Vivian (DeHaven), who's tagging along on her daughter's honeymoon. Both of these "salty old dogs" have to avoid the wrath of militaristic cruise director Gil (Spiner). The duo still has great comic timing, as they continue to defy the odds that this is the one that's gonna flop. Great supporting cast, which includes O'Connor in a couple of nifty dance scenes, seems to be having a great time.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 109 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sail Away, Dance Fever, Mexico, Screen Teams: Lemmon & Matthau, Scams, Stings & Cons, Not-So-True Identity, Gambling, Buddies, Honeymoon

Screenplay

Robert Nelson Jacobs, Danny Jacobson

Cast

Joe (Johnny) Viterelli, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Dyan Cannon, Gloria De Haven, Brent Spiner, Elaine Stritch, Hal Linden, Donald O'Connor, Edward Mulhare, Rue McClanahan

Cinematography

Lajos Koltai

Director

Martha Coolidge

Music

David Newman

Producer

John Davis, David T. Friendly, Dylan Sellers, Barry Berg, Davis Entertainment Company