Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #938 in VHS
• Released on: 1996-08-06
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Color, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 130 minutes

Customer Reviews

Funny old Lemmon Classic
This movie should be on DVD. Anyone that enjoys Jack Lemmon in comedy will thoroughly love this one. Fans of Doris Day and Rock Hudson comedies should enjoy it too. For that matter anyone that enjoys any of the comedies from the 1940s to 1970s will probably like it. This is one of Lemmon's best comedies. Be sure and catch this on TV since you can't find it at rental stores any longer and they unfortunately have not shown the wisdom to put it on DVD yet.

The plot is that Lemmon, who is married, has a married neighbor that needs him to pretend to be her husband to get an estate settlement. When her real husband comes home things get screwy as jealousy and trying to cover each others stories leads to some wacky chase scenes and painting billboards all over town. A good cast, decent writing, funny action, and good look at 1960s style comedy, make this fun to watch.

Lemmon stars as an average man in an unusual mess!
Jack Lemmon stars as Sam Bissel, junk sculptor extraordinaire. Sam works in the art department of an ad agency. He feels that he is not getting anywhere in the advertising business. Just as he is about to ask the boss for a raise, he is summoned to his boss' office and promoted to an account executive. Meanwhile, the best friend of Sam's wife moves in next door awaiting her inheritance. She has just gotten a divorce that is not yet final, but in order to qualify for her uncle's inheritance, she must be married. So Sam gets elected to play her husband. Her relatives think he is her husband (Mr. Ebbets) and his boss and his client think she is his wife (Mrs. Bissel). What a mess! Meanwhile, Sam's real wife get's left out of the business dinner with the client and Sam's "other wife's" real husband shows up. It's great fun to watch. You almost need a score card. Even the mail man didn't know who to give the mail to when he saw the men leaving for work! All of you Jack Lemmon fans will enjoy "Good Neighbor Sam."

A great 60's screwball comedy!
This Jack Lemon comedy is sheer delight from beginning to end. There are no movies being made like this today! However, it seems to me that every sit-com in history copied some aspect of Good Neighbor Sam. So, why is there no DVD?