House Calls
“A funny love story.”
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.
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How House Calls performed
Budget
$6.5M
Worldwide Gross
$28.5M
Gross Profit
$22.0M
Return
4.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Dr. Charley Nichols
Walter Matthau
Dr. Charley Nichols
Ann Atkinson
Glenda Jackson
Ann Atkinson
Dr. Amos Willoughby
Art Carney
Dr. Amos Willoughby
Dr. Norman Solomon
Richard Benjamin
Dr. Norman Solomon
Ellen Grady
Candice Azzara
Ellen Grady
Irwin Owett
Dick O'Neill
Irwin Owett
Mrs. Meyers
Sally Marr
Mrs. Meyers
Funeral director
Kedric Wolfe
Funeral director
Dr. O'Brien
Gordon Jump
Dr. O'Brien
Michael Atkinson
Charles Matthau
Michael Atkinson
Waiter
Len Lesser
Waiter
Assistant TV director
Michael Mann
Assistant TV director
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