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In this colorful, heartwarming story set in the 1930's, a stingy curmudgeon accepts a gamble he can't win, unless he's ready to give up his heart. Walter Matthau portrays "Sorrowful" Jones, a grouchy, horse-racing bookie who makes his living off other people's losses. He's got a reputation to keep, so when an out-of-luck gambler begs him to accept his daughter as a "marker" on a debt, Sorrowful says "yes." But now he's stuck with the girl - and this six-year-old beauty may be more than he...

Academy Award® winner Kirk Douglas ignites the screen with one of his most personal roles as a cowboy on a collision course with the modern world in Lonely are the Brave. After landing himself in jail trying to break out his friend, Jack Burns (Douglas) finds himself alone and on the run from the law. Leading the manhunt is Sheriff Morey Johnson (Walter Matthau), who must bring Burns to justice despite his own sympathy for the fugitive. Co-starring Gena Rowlands, George Kennedy and Carroll O’...

Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett star in the poignant Academy Award®-nominated comedy-drama Pete 'n' Tillie. An unlikely middle-aged match-up, Pete Seltzer (Matthau) and Tillie Schlaine (Burnett) are introduced through their kooky mutual friend, Gertrude, portrayed by Geraldine Page in an Academy Award®-nominated performance. Tillie, a spinsterish secretary, is not overwhelmed by Pete, an exasperating punster, but they eventually fall in love and marry. Enlivened by their witty sparring, their...

Charley Varrick is a small-time crook who outfoxes the Mob in this fast-paced offbeat thriller directed by Don Siegel. Academy Award® winner Walter Matthau stars in a rare dramatic role, along with the powerful Joe Don Baker, as a tough Mafia hitman. Charley robs small banks with small payrolls. That keeps him out of trouble until he stumbles onto the Mob's secret stash. The chase is on as the Big Boys go after the "Last of the Independents." It's a heart-pounding ride that builds to a fiery...