Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
Acting
Lemmon and Matthau's last proper pairing—bittersweet chemistry
Acting
Brent Spiner's hilariously unhinged cruise director villain
Costume
Liz's sequined cruise wear is aggressively 1997
Director
Martha Coolidge
Jack Lemmon
Herb Sullivan
Walter Matthau
Charlie Gordon
Dyan Cannon
Liz LaBreche
Brent Spiner
Gil Godwyn
Gloria DeHaven
Vivian
Elaine Stritch
Mavis LaBreche
Hal Linden
Mac Valor
Donald O'Connor
Jonathan Devereaux
Edward Mulhare
Cullen Carswell
Rue McClanahan
Mrs. Ellen Carruthers
Alexandra Powers
Shelly
Sean O'Bryan
Allan
Esther Scott
Maria
Allan Rich
Sebastian
Estelle Harris
Bridget
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Lemmon and Matthau's final on-screen pairing as co-leads; Matthau died in 2000, Lemmon in 2001.
Martha Coolidge fought studio pressure to soften the older women's sexuality, insisting they be portrayed as genuinely desirable.
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