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Kotch   1971         PG, 113 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama Director: Jack Lemmon   Cast: Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman, Ellen Geer, Darrell Larson, Paul Picerni, Biff Elliot, Dee Carroll, Lucy Saroyan, Arlen Stuart, Jane Connell, James Brodhead, Jessica Rains, Donald/Dean Kowalski   This is Jack Lemmon's directorial debut, and he directs pal Walter Matthau as well as his own wife, Felicia Farr. Joseph P. Kotcher (Matthau) is an older man who fights off his son Gerald (Charles Aidman) and daughter-in-law Wilma's (Felicia Farr) attempt to put him in a retirement home. Meanwhile, he becomes friend and advisor to a young, pregnant woman, Erica Herzenstiel (Deborah Winters). Matthau received an Oscar nomination. Cast Walter Matthau Joseph P. Kotcher Deborah Winters Erica Herzenstiel Felicia Farr Wilma Kotcher Charles Aidman Gerald Kotcher Ellen Geer Vera Kotcher Darrell Larson Vincent Perrin Paul Picerni Dr. Ramon Caudillo Biff Elliot Pink Motel Manager Dee Carroll Dorothy Ballinger Lucy Saroyan Sissy Arlen Stuart Mrs. Fisher Jane Connell Miss Roberts James Brodhead Mr. Weaver Jessica Rains Dr. McKernan Donald/Dean Kowalski Duncan Kotcher