Maybe the reason Jack Lemmon was so convincing in his role as Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts was because he had been an Ensign in the Navy in real life.
We're going to suggest Cowboy because it's the only western Jack Lemmon ever made. It's a true story about a tenderfoot who joins a cattle drive.
Can a comedy from 1959 still make you laugh. Yes it can. Enjoy Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot and remember " Nobody's perfect"
Director Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon made great movies together and The Apartment is one of them. Best Picture of 1960.
Days of Wine and Roses is a realistic sad love story about a couple's descent into alcoholism.
Jack Lemmon is a Parisian cop who falls for a prostitute in Irma La Douce. This movie was a Broadway musical but the director Billy Wilder jettisoned the musical numbers.
The Fortune Cookie was the first movie Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau appeared together. They went on to become one of Hollywood's favorite comic teams and great friends.
Jack Lemmon is the neurotic neat freak and Walter Matthau is the slob in the very funny movie adaptation of the Neil Simon play The Odd Couple.
The Out-of-Towners could also have been called Murphy's Law because once things start going wrong on Jack Lemmon's trip to NYC everything goes wrong. Guaranteed that you will laugh out loud.
Save the Tiger is a powerful movie that earned Jack Lemmon an Academy Award for his portrayal of a businessman at the end of his rope.
The Front Page (1974) is the third version of a Broadway play about reporters in 1920's Chicago. But it's the only version with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau so it's our favorite.
Art imitates life, the same year that The China Syndrome was made, the incident at Three Mile Island nuclear plant occurred.
The movie Missing is based on a true story. Jack Lemmon plays an American father looking for his missing son in South America.
You don't have to be a grumpy old man to enjoy Grumpy Old Men. Anyone will laugh at lines like "The first ninety years go by pretty fast."
One of Jack Lemmon's last performances was as a dying man in the television movie Tuesdays with Morrie.
Best Actor Nomination for Missing --- 1983 Best Actor Nomination for Tribute --- 1981 Best Actor Nomination for China Syndrome --- 1980 Best Actor Win for Save the Tiger --- 1974 Best Actor Nomination for Days of Wine and Roses --- 1963 Best Actor Nomination for The Apartment --- 1961 Best Actor Nomination for Some Like It Hot --- 1960 Best Supporting Actor Win for Mister Roberts --- 1956