House Calls
A funny love story.
A warm, playful romantic comedy about a grieving surgeon's journey from casual dating to genuine connection with a woman who truly understands him.
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Essence
Ensemble
Walter Matthau
Dr. Charley Nichols
Glenda Jackson
Ann Atkinson
Art Carney
Dr. Amos Willoughby
Richard Benjamin
Dr. Norman Solomon
Candice Azzara
Ellen Grady
Dick O'Neill
Irwin Owett
Sally Marr
Mrs. Meyers
Kedric Wolfe
Funeral director
Gordon Jump
Dr. O'Brien
Charles Matthau
Michael Atkinson
Len Lesser
Waiter
Michael Mann
Assistant TV director
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