Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery
Release Date: 03/30/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

Even though he barely makes enough money to cover his expenses and finds divorce cases (his bread and butter) unsavory, aging detective Ira Wells (Art Carney) is determined to stay active and to retain some amount of self-respect. When his partner Harry Regan (Howard Duff) is killed while on assignment, Ira agrees to take on his current case, although he can't see how it has anything to do with his friend's murder, which he is anxious to solve. In order to survive, by solving the case of his client's missing cat, and solving the murder of his friend, Ira winds up accepting a lot of help from his client Margo (Lily Tomlin). By the end of the film, it looks like an offbeat romance, or perhaps a new business partnership, is blooming.

~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Art Carney - Ira Wells
Lily Tomlin - Margo
Bill Macy - Charlie Hatter
Eugene Roche - Ron Birdwell
Joanna Cassidy - Laura Birdwell
John Considine - Lamar
Ruth Nelson - Mrs. Schmidt
John Davey - Sgt. Dayton
Howard Duff - Harry Regan

Production:
Robert Benton - Director
Robert Altman Scott Bushnell - Producer
Ken Wannberg - Composer
Peter Appleton Lou Lombardo - Editor
Robert Benton - Screen Writer
Charles Rosher Jr. - Cinematographer
Tommy Thompson - First Assistant Director
Robert Gould - Set Decorator
Jim Webb - Sound/Sound Designer
Paul R. Baxley, Jr. - Stunts
Monty Westmore - Makeup

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1977 Golden Globe

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