Kotch
Kotch is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Lemmon and starring Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman and Ellen Geer.
Plot
In Los Angeles, young mother Wilma Kotcher hires Erica "Ricky" Herzenstiel to babysit her infant son Duncan. Wilma's father-in-law, nicknamed "Kotch", interrupts the arrangement with an unrelated and confusing story about another Herzenstiel. Erica takes Duncan to the park, but when her boyfriend arrives, she leaves Kotch behind. At the park, Kotch saves a young girl from drowning and, in an attempt to be friendly, gives her a pat on the back. The girl's mother and a Parks Department representative are offended, and Kotch's son Gerald is also displeased.
More details
| author | John Paxton |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California Los Angeles |
| director | Jack Lemmon |
| editor | Ralph E. Winters |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | act baby babysit babysitting christmas eve clean confuse drown filling station gas station hair stylist halloween halloween party hardware store living room midwifery new family old car palm springs private investigator question retirement community sedative spring tranquilizer unplanned pregnancy young girl |
| musicBy | Marvin Hamlisch |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound |
| producer | Richard Carter |
| productionCompany | ABC Motion Pictures |
| publisher | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | high school |