"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
Robert Martin
Sound Designer
Jordan Cronenweth
Director of Photography
Jennings Lang
Executive Producer
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Billy Wilder
Director
Charles MacArthur
Theatre Play
Ben Hecht
Robert L. Hoyt
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
Burton Miller
Costume Design
Paul Monash
Producer
I. A. L. Diamond
Screenplay
Gary McLarty
Stunts
Jerry Summers
Fred Dale
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Marvin Walters
Bud Ekins
Paul Nuckles
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
Louie Elias
Max Balchowsky
Howard Curtis
Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
Roger Creed
Wally Rose
Richard Farnsworth
Eddie Hice
Tommy J. Huff
Richard Washington
Fred Waugh
Tom Steele
John Quijada
Bobby Ferro
Gary Davis