The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, starring Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin and Lee Meredith.
Plot[]
Al Lewis (George Burns) and Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) are a pair of feuding vaudeville comedians (Lewis and Clark, naturally) who performed together for 47 years before finally calling it quits. A network genius then has the brilliant idea of reuniting the duo for a TV special about the history of comedy. Once the reunion is on, the sparks and one-liners start to fly with equal speed.
Cast[]
- Walter Matthau as Willy Clark
- George Burns as Al Lewis
- Richard Benjamin as Ben Clark
- Lee Meredith as Nurse in Sketch (Miss McIntosh)
- Carol Arthur as Doris Green
- Rosetta Le Noire as Odessa
- F. Murray Abraham as Mechanic
- Howard Hesseman as Mr. Walsh
- James Cranna as Mr. Schaeffer
- Ron Rifkin as TV floor manager
- Jennifer Lee as Helen Clark
- Fritz Feld as Mr. Gilbert
- Jack Bernardi as Man at audition
- Garn Stephens as Eddie the stage manager
- Santos Morales as Desk clerk
- Steve Allen (uncredited) as Himself
- Phyllis Diller (uncredited) as Herself