Buddy Buddy

1981 · directed by Billy Wilder

Rating

63/100

Hit

no

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.

Buddy Buddy (1981), directed by Billy Wilder, rates 63/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jack Lemmon
• Walter Matthau
• Paula Prentiss
• Klaus Kinski
• Dana Elcar
• Miles Chapin
• Michael Ensign
• Joan Shawlee
• Fil Formicola
• C.J. Hunt

Crew

• Harry Stradling Jr. — Director of Photography
• Argyle Nelson Jr. — Editor
• Lalo Schifrin — Original Music Composer
• Billy Wilder — Writer
• I. A. L. Diamond — Writer

More from Billy Wilder

1. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
2. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — 98/100 · hit
3. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit
4. The Apartment (1960) — 97/100 · hit
5. The Lost Weekend (1945) — 90/100 · hit
6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — 85/100 · hit

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