house call be an amusing 1978 comedy about a widowed doctor ( walter matthau ) who now want to play the field but can not help but be draw to a patient of his ( glenda jackson ) who refuse to be just another notch on his bedpost . matthau like the woman but do not really want to make the commitment that she insist upon so he agree to date her exclusively for two week and then make a decision a to whether or not he want to commit while however and other complication make it difficult for matthau to make a decision when the two week be up and even though he be clearly in love with the woman . matthau and jackson have surprisingly effective chemistry a a screen couple and be give strong support from richard benjamin and candice azzara and dick oneill and and especially art carney a the inept and senile chief of staff at the hospital where matthau be employ . matthau even have a brief scene with his real life son and charlie and who appear a jackson son . this engage comedy still hold up pretty well after all these year . if you have never see it and it worth the rental .