Movies: Walter Matthau

A retrospective look at 60 years of great moments in film comedy, from the 1920s to 1982....

An evening of Christmas music from stars living in Beverly Hills, California....

Jim Burton, chronic alcoholic, is cared for by Ellen, his incredibly patient, sexy, hard-working wife. A doctor's warning that Jim could become mentally ill strikes enough fear into him that he really wants to cure himself...but can't. One night, he ...

A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up with a "code of silence" amongst all potential witnesses....

A family living 50 miles away try to flee from the fallout of an atomic bomb that fell on New York City....

Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties....

Jack Benny's 1968 TV specials features topical references including a parody of The Graduate....

A bored housewife poses as a call girl for a movie star sex-symbol, hoping she can prove to her husband, the star's agent, that she is still desirable to other men and thereby, rekindle the spark in their marriage....

A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers....

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder...

Robert Osborne hosts this TCM original featuring an exclusive interview with the original Odd Couple....

French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking....

An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career....

Carol Channing hosts musical variety special with guests Walter Matthau, George Burns, U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chorale, The Association, Eddy Arnold....

A documentary hosted by Walter Matthau, which discussed and showed examples from cinematic comedy classics. Long portions of the documentary were devoted to the comedy teams of Abbot & Costello and Laurel & Hardy, and to the films of director Ernst L...