The War Between Men and Women

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The War Between Men and Women
Directed by	Melville Shavelson
Produced by	Danny Arnold
Written by	Danny Arnold Melville Shavelson James Thurber (writings)
Starring	Jack Lemmon Barbara Harris Jason Robards
Music by	Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematography	Charles F. Wheeler
Editing by	Frank Bracht
Release date(s)	1972
Running time	110 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The War Between Men and Women is a comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, and Jason Robards. It is based on the writings of humorist James Thurber, and was released in 1972 by Cinema Center Films. Like many other films in the Cinema Center catalog, it has long been unavailable on home video, with the exception of a brief release on VHS in 2000. Nonetheless, it has been shown on television.

The film was directed by Melville Shavelson, creator of the 1969 Thurber-based television series My World and Welcome to It. The screenplay was by Shavelson and by Danny Arnold, who also worked on the 1969 series. Arnold is best known for his later television series, Barney Miller. Lisa Gerritsen, who plays Linda Kozlenko in the film, previously co-starred in My World and Welcome to It as Lydia Monroe.

[edit] Cast

Jack Lemmon as Peter Edward Wilson
Barbara Harris as Theresa Alice Kozlenko
Jason Robards as Stephen Kozlenko
Herb Edelman as Howard Mann
Lisa Gerritsen as Linda Kozlenko
Moosie Drier as David Kozlenko
Severn Darden as Dr. Harris
Lisa Eilbacher as Caroline Kozlenko
Lucille Meredith as Mrs. Schenker
Ruth McDevitt as Old Woman
Joey Faye as Delivery boy
Alan DeWitt as Man
John Zaremba as Minister
Richard Gates as Bernie (as Rick Gates)
Lea Marmer as Old Hag
Janya Braunt as Nurse
Olive Dunbar as Woman at Literary Tea
Margaret Muse as Woman at Literary Tea
Bill Hickman as Large Gentleman (as William Hickman)
Joyce Brothers as Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)

[edit] Award nomination

The screenplay by Melville Shavelson and Danny Arnold was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen.