Trivia: Doris Roberts plays Charles Grodin's mother in the film, even though in real life she's only five years older than him.
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Directed by: Elaine May
Starring: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Audra Lindley, Jeannie Berlin
Trivia: Neil Simon, the film's screenplay writer, has a cameo as one of the wedding guests.
Trivia: Jeannie Berlin, the actress who portrays Lila Kolodny, is the real-life daughter of Elaine May, the film's director.
Lenny Cantrow: They should have said that to us at the door... they should have warned us that there was a danger of running out of pecan pie.
Mr. Corcoran: Stay away from her. I don't hand out my daughter to newly weds.
Lenny Cantrow: Honey, don't put a Milky Way in somebody's mouth when they don't want it.
Lila Kolodny: Okay... you'll want it later and it will be in my tummy.
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