I love Walter Matthau. He's always been one of my favorite actors. But I have to say, his voice - a sort of weird lisp with strange accent (the likes of which I've never heard) - drove me crazy in this movie. Watching it on TCM now. I'll finish the movie, but - oh lord - I'm glad WM doesn't sound like this in any of his other movies.
"You can dish it out, but you got so you can't take it no more." - Caesar Enrico Bandello
we saw the same airing. they must not show this thing too often considering the lack of recent posts. its not bad but i agree on matthaus voice choice, no need for it. nice to see the the movie/tv odd couple hanging out together though (-:
shareThis was made shortly after Lolita. Mathau seems to be doing Peter Sellers' Claire Quilty accent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-afWrWwbrY4
shareIn an interview with Dick Cavett I saw back in the 1970s, Matthau claimed that he was imitating the director Morton DaCosta and that DaCosta was totally oblivious to the fact that he was being mocked.
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