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Plaza Suite
“Plaza Suite. Through its portals pass the world's most mixed-up mortals.”
6.2 / 10• 1971• 1h 54m•PG• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza Hotel with Walter Matthau in a triple role. In the first, Karen Nash tries to get her inattentive husband Sam's attention and help save their failing marriage. In the second, brash film producer Jesse Kiplinger tries to seduce his former one-time flame Muriel. In the third, Roy Hubley and his wife Norma try and persuade their daughter, a bride to-be with cold feet, out of the bathroom before her approaching wedding ceremony.
Cast & Crew
Walter Matthau
Sam Nash / Jesse Kiplinger / Roy Hubley
Lead
Maureen Stapleton
Karen Nash
Barbara Harris
Muriel Tate
Lee Grant
Norma Hubley
Louise Sorel
Miss McCormack
Dan Ferrone
bellboy
JO
Jose Ocasio
room service waiter
TC
Thomas Carey
Borden Eisler
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Arthur Hiller's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Plaza Suite is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
