"A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit."
Jack Lemmon
as Hildebrand Johnson
Walter Matthau
as Walter Burns
Susan Sarandon
as Peggy Grant
Vincent Gardenia
as Sheriff
David Wayne
as Roy Bensinger
Allen Garfield
as Kruger
Austin Pendleton
as Earl Williams
Charles Durning
as Murphy
Herb Edelman
as Schwartz
Martin Gabel
as Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer
Harold Gould
as Mayor
Cliff Osmond
as Officer Jacobi
Dick O'Neill
as McHugh
Jon Korkes
as Rudy Keppler
Carol Burnett
as Mollie Malloy
Paul Benedict
as Plunkett
Allen Jenkins
as Telegrapher
Barbara Davis
as Myrtle
Biff Elliot
as Police Dispatcher
Lou Frizzell
as Endicott
Doro Merande
as Jennie
Noam Pitlik
as Wilson
Joshua Shelley
as Cab Driver
John Furlong
as Duffy
Leonard Bremen
as Butch
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Jennings Lang
Executive Producer
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
I. A. L. Diamond
Jordan Cronenweth
Director of Photography
Ben Hecht
Theatre Play
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
Burton Miller
Costume Design
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Director
Paul Monash
Producer
Charles MacArthur
Robert Martin
Sound Designer
Robert L. Hoyt
Richard Washington
Stunts
Tom Steele
Max Balchowsky
Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
Paul Nuckles
Roger Creed
Eddie Hice
Jerry Summers
Wally Rose
Fred Dale
Howard Curtis
Louie Elias
Marvin Walters
Tommy J. Huff
John Quijada
Richard Farnsworth
Gary Davis
Bobby Ferro
Gary McLarty
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Fred Waugh
Bud Ekins
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double