Out to Sea is a 1997 romantic comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Rue McClanahan, Dyan Cannon and Brent Spiner. The film was directed by Martha Coolidge, with a screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs. The original music score was composed by Michael Muhlfriedel and David Newman. Compulsive gambler Charlie Gordon, hiding out from his various bookies and loan sharks, cons his brother-in-law, widower Herb Sullivan, into an all expenses-paid luxury Holland America cruise. The catch, which Charlie does not reveal to Herb until the ship has left port, is that they are required to work as... dance hosts and must sleep in a cramped cabin in the bowels of the ship. Ruled over by tyrannical, control-freak cruise director Gil Godwin , they do their best, despite Charlie's not actually being able to dance. Each meets a lady of interest. One is the luscious heiress Liz LaBreche, whose wealth attracts Charlie every bit as much as the rest of her does. The other is lovely widow Vivian, who is under the impression that Herb is a doctor, not a dancer. By the time Charlie literally drags ship owner Mrs.
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| Release date: | 1997 |
| Directed by: | Martha Coolidge |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 109 Minutes |
| Producer: | John Davis, David T. Friendly |
| Editor: | Anne V. Coates |
| Music by: | Michael Muhlfriedel, David Newman |
| Cinematography: | Lajos Koltai |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Nelson Jacobs |
| Genre: | Comedy |