walter matthau be best remember for the long series of comedy he do with his equal comedy partner jack lemmon from the fortune cookie to the odd couple ii . but people tend to forget that in the late 1970s he appear with another partner in two film a female partner . this be glenda jackson and the english double oscar winner and who demonstrate her comic ability against matthau first in house call and then in hopscotch . matthau role be slightly large in both film and because his character be more central to the plot and but the chemistry between them be quite good . if you ever want to see two pro demonstrate how sexual intercourse can be crazily funny watch walter and glenda a dr. charley nicholson and ann atkinson experiment to see if two people could have sex on a bed under the old movie code rule of the two party each have one leg on the floor . never have sex be look at from such a clinical and mechanical point of view . matthau charlie have just be widow before the film begin . he have only have one woman in his life his wife . so now he the eligible bachelor . he also be the lead surgeon in the hospital he work out of and but the chief surgeon be dr. amos weatherby ( art carney ) . carney be apparently senile ( there be moment later in the film that show he turn his senility on and off see the scene where he ram richard benjamin car ) . amos be up for re election ( charlie be his close competitor for the post if he want it ) . however and amos manages to convince charlie to let him keep the job for reason of self esteem . one day charlie notice ann in the hospital . she have have a slight accident and be rest in bed and but amos have put her into a cage like apparatus ( which charlie remark have not be use since about 1920 ) . he get her out of the device and and soon be romance her . she join the staff of the hospital and but she be critical of charlie willingness to cater to amos and and she be critical of certain selfish tendency she see among the doctor in the hospital . amos bungle cause the death of a wealthy patron of the hospital ( lloyd gough ) and who own a baseball team ( his great innovation be separate admission cost for double header ) . amos try to calm down the young widow of the team owner and deliver the eulogy at the burial service ( the line in the summary above be the peroration line of the eulogy ) . however she be still determine to sue ( her lawyer thayer david say the hospital be the most incompetent he ever see ) . so amos suggests that charlie romance the widow to satisfy her from that expensive lawsuit . but how will ann react to this . the film be quite amusing and and be so successful that besides cause a sequel for jackson and matthau and it lead to a television series a well .