United States

A comedy-drama focusing on the poignant and touching relationship between a 72 year old widower, Kotch (Walter Matthau), and an unmarried pregnant teenager, Erica (Deborah Winters). Kotch is a unique person, vibrant and with an unrestrained zest for living refusing to be cast aside by his children. Kotch needs to be needed, and Erica provides that friendship. He faces his bleak future not with despair but with gallantry and eternal optimism. "Kotch" - directed by Walter Matthau's friend Jack Lemmon - is a very sensitive film that shows the determination of one man making the most of his autumnal years.