The Odd Couple (1968) on Netflix
Felix Ungar, newly separated from his wife, moves in with his friend Oscar Madison. Oscar is easygoing and sloppy, Felix is neat and neurotic, and the apartment becomes a battleground.
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Plot summary
Felix Ungar and his wife Frances have separated, and Felix drifts through Manhattan with thoughts of dying. On a Friday night, the sportswriter Oscar Madison and his poker players Murray, Speed, Roy and Vinnie gather in Oscar's Upper West Side apartment, where Felix, usually punctual, is late. Murray's wife calls with word that nobody knows where Felix is, and Oscar phones Frances, who tells him the pair have separated. Felix turns up, unaware that the others already know, and breaks down; his friends try to comfort him. Once the others leave, Oscar, who has lived alone since his own marriage ended, asks Felix to move in with him. Felix accepts and tells Oscar to say so if he ever becomes a nuisance.
Cast
- Larry Hainesas Speed
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Odd Couple (1968)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Frank Sinatra (as Felix) and Jackie Gleason (as Oscar) were reportedly considered for the film version; Dick Van Dyke and Tony Randall were also among those considered for Felix, and Mickey Rooney and Jack Klugman among those considered for Oscar.
- In 2025, actor Dick Van Dyke revealed he had been developing his own remake of the film starring himself and Ed Asner, a project scrapped after Asner died in August 2021.
- Roberto Clemente was asked to hit into the triple play that Oscar does not observe, but he refused to do it, and Bill Mazeroski took his place.
- The film set a record when it opened at New York's Radio City Music Hall, running for 14 weeks and grossing $3.1 million there alone.
- The film's own opening credits carry a mistaken copyright date, reading MCMXLVII - the Roman numerals for 1947 rather than the year the film was made.
