Out to Sea

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Out to Sea
Directed by	Martha Coolidge
Produced by	John Davis, David T. Friendly
Written by	Robert Nelson Jacobs
Starring	Walter Matthau Jack Lemmon Rue McClanahan Dyan Cannon Brent Spiner
Music by	Michael Muhlfriedel, David Newman
Cinematography	Lajos Koltai
Editing by	Anne V. Coates
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	July 2, 1997
Running time	109 min.
Language	English
Budget	N/A
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Out to Sea is a 1997 romantic comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Rue McClanahan, Dyan Cannon & Brent Spiner. The film was directed by Martha Coolidge. The screenplay was written by Robert Nelson Jacobs. The original music score was composed by Michael Muhlfriedel and David Newman.

[edit] Plot summary

Compulsive gambler Charlie Gordon (Matthau), hiding out from his various bookies and loansharks, cons his widower brother-in-law Herb Sullivan (Lemmon) into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies to fleece. The catch, which Charlie does not reveal to Herb until the ship has left port, is that they are required to be dance hosts and must sleep in a cramped cabin in the bowels of the ship.

Ruled over by tyrannical, control-freak Cruise Director Gil Godwin ("a song and dance man raised on a military base") (Spiner), they do their best, despite Charlie's not actually being able to dance. They each meet a lady of interest. One is the luscious heiress Liz LaBreche (Cannon), whose wealth attracts Charlie every bit as much as the rest of her does. The other is lovely widow Vivian (Gloria DeHaven), who is under the impression that Herb is a doctor, not a dancer.

By the time Charlie literally drags ship owner Mrs. Carruthers (McClanahan) across the dance floor, the boys aren't sure if they will find true love or need to abandon ship.