buddy buddy

Director: billy wilder

Actor: jack lemmon,walter matthau,paula prentiss,klaus kinski

Data Published: Fri Dec 11 1981

Genres: Comedy

Key Words: champagne,cigar,poker game,repetition in title,remake of european film

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082111/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Buddy

Description: Buddy Buddy is a movie starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, and Paula Prentiss. 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...

Plot: Hitman Trabucco has been hired to eliminate Rudy "Disco" Gambola before he testifies against fellow members of the Mob, but completing the contract becomes problematic once he encounters suicidal Victor Clooney, an emotionally disturbed television censor staying in the room adjacent to his in the Ramona Hotel in Riverside, California. When Victor climbs onto the ledge outside his window, Trabucco convinces him not to jump by agreeing to drive him to the Institute for Sexual Fulfillment, the nearby clinic where Victor's wife Celia, a researcher for 60 Minutes, is gathering information for a segment on the program. At the clinic, Victor discovers Celia has fallen in love with Dr. Zuckerbrot, who is concerned her husband's suicide will reflect badly on his practice. Trabucco accidentally is injected with a tranquilizer intended for Victor, who volunteers to fulfill the killer's contract when Trabucco's vision is impaired. After overcoming assorted complications, Victor completes his task. However, despite Victor's high hopes, Trabucco has no intention of sticking together and parts ways with him following their escape. Trabucco retires to a tropical island, where he unexpectedly is joined by his nemesis after Celia runs off with Dr. Zuckerbrot's female receptionist to become a lesbian couple. Desperate to see Victor gone, Trabucco suggests to his native attendant to reinstate the old custom of human sacrifices for the local volcano...