Buddy Buddy

Buddy Buddy
Theatrical release poster by John Solie
Directed byBilly Wilder
Screenplay byBilly Wilder
I. A. L. Diamond
Based onL'emmerdeur (1973) and the play Le contrat by Francis Veber
Produced byJay Weston
StarringJack Lemmon
Walter Matthau
Paula Prentiss
Klaus Kinski
CinematographyHarry Stradling Jr.
Edited byArgyle Nelson
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists (United States/Canada)
Cinema International Corporation (International)
Release date
  • December 11, 1981 (1981-12-11)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[1][2][3]
Box office$7,258,543 (US/Canada)[4]

Buddy Buddy is a 1981 American comedy film based on Francis Veber's play Le contrat and Édouard Molinaro's film L'emmerdeur. It was the final film directed and written by Billy Wilder.

  1. ^ Nat Segaloff, Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 318-320
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Boyer, Peter; Pollock, Dale (28 March 1982). "MGM-UA AND THE BIG DEBT". Los Angeles Times. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Buddy Buddy". BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved May 13, 2020.