The Odd Couple

1968 · 106 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 38,660 VOTES · DIR. Gene Saks

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Overview

In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,300 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:37 - Room, please? - You alone?
00:12:23 - I'm out. Who wants food? - What you got?
00:15:28 - You got a dollar to play, Oscar? - Not after I've talked to this lady.
00:19:13 I didn't know. He never told me. Yeah, all right.
00:23:44 Call...about you? No, not that I can remember.
00:28:33 Don't tell Frances what I did.
00:32:07 We'll talk about it later. Get something to eat first.
00:35:40 Give me a corn beef on rye, all fat
00:39:56 Lie to her every chance I get.
00:43:07 How about some house slippers for you?
00:47:46 We don't want rings on the table.
00:50:43 You got the nerve to ask? I've just been sterilised out of $ 53.
00:54:11 - Why didn't you throw it? - I almost did.
00:57:35 talking to someone with higher voices than us?
01:01:55 Something wonderful is going on in that kitchen.
01:05:11 I'm not taking the blame for this dinner.
01:09:17 That should cool things off a bit.
01:13:48 Oscar!
01:17:12 Does she have the lamps now, too?
01:21:05 I've used up all my conversation.
01:30:06 I'll tell you. It's the cooking, cleaning, crying...
01:34:09 I don't want you in my living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen
01:38:18 They're not gonna like this at the station.
01:42:18 What nice girls.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,300
Dialogue density12.3 lines / min
First line00:01:37
Final line01:42:18

Production Record

DirectorGene Saks
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,200,000
Revenue$44,527,234
IMDb votes38,660