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In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.


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

Walter Matthau
Joseph P. Kotcher

Deborah Winters
Erica Herzenstiel

Felicia Farr
Wilma Kotcher

Charles Aidman
Gerald Kotcher

Ellen Geer
Vera Kotcher
Donald Kowalski
Duncan Kotcher
Dean Kowalski
Duncan Kotcher

Arlen Stuart
Mrs. Fisher

Jane Connell
Miss Roberts
James Brodhead
Mr. Weaver
Kotch is a comedy, drama film released in 1971 exploring themes of based on novel or book, palm springs, nursing home, teenage pregnancy. Directed by Jack Lemmon, it stars Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr. 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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