Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are a quite upset. Just what have they been doing on Thursday nights?
Acting
Gene Wilder's nervous energy vs. Bob Newhart's deadpan—comedy chemistry gold.
Writing
Neil Simon's script finds bleak humor in suburban male desperation.
Director
Robert Moore
Gene Wilder
Harry Evers
Bob Newhart
Marvin Ellison
Ellen Burstyn
Lynne Evers
Cloris Leachman
Lois Ellison
Martha Scott
Mrs. Reynolds
Nancy Walker
Mrs. Bender
Valerie Harper
Ann Menzente
Rob Reiner
Joel Forrest
Norman Fell
Melvin Leonard
Gino Conforti
Mike
Richard Schaal
Bob
Robert Sampson
Dave
Richard Gautier
John
John Archer
Mr. Wood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a rare TV movie for Neil Simon, who adapted his own unproduced stage play.
The film captures peak 1970s 'malaise era' anxiety—suburban men realizing their lives peaked in college.
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