Save The Tiger

Almost every obituary of Jack Lemmon mentioned this film: it is one of his best.

It shows the serious side to his acting - though Lemmon once remonstrated with me when I asked, after the Odd Couple hit, when he'd be returning to 'serious' roles: every role was serious, he said.

Here he plays a harassed businessman who reluctantly agrees to be an accomplice in arson to claim the insurance and stave off insolvency.

The agony and desperation of a man with a guilty conscience go through his performance like a watermark.

Jack Gilford, too, shows how one 'serious' actor could deepen the perceptions of a co-star.

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