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The Last Detail (1973) -- Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
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7.5/10   6,357 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Robert Towne (screenplay)
Darryl Ponicsan (novel)
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Release Date:
12 December 1973 (USA) more
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Tagline:
No *#@!!* Navy's going to give some poor **!!@* kid eight years in the #@!* brig without me taking him out for the time of his *#@!!* life.
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Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations more
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(9 articles)
Robert Towne: The Hollywood Interview
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 (From The Hollywood Interview. 15 October 2009, 12:34 AM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Nicholson ... SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky
Otis Young ... GM1 'Mule' Mulhall

Randy Quaid ... Seaman Larry Meadows
Clifton James ... M.A.A.

Carol Kane ... Young Whore
Michael Moriarty ... Marine O.D.
Luana Anders ... Donna
Kathleen Miller ... Annette
Nancy Allen ... Nancy
Gerry Salsberg ... Henry
Don McGovern ... Bartender
Pat Hamilton ... Madame
Michael Chapman ... Taxi Driver
Jim Henshaw ... Sweek
Derek McGrath ... Nichiren Shoshu Member
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Cinematographer Michael Chapman plays a "taxi driver" in this film, his first as a full-fledged Director of Photography. Ironically, Chapman would later become the cinematographer for the movie Taxi Driver (1976). more
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Continuity: About 50 minutes into the movie, the trio are walking by Gate 4 at the train station. One of the Marines they are about to fight is walking ahead of them. Moments later, the same Marine and several others are walking behind them. more
Quotes:
Buddusky: Heineken? Why it's the finest beer in the world! President Kennedy used to drink it! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Bad Ass Blues more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Likeable Character Study From the 1970s, 11 September 2000
Author: tfrizzell from United States

"The Last Detail" is not the strongest movie ever made, but it does succeed for the most part. Jack Nicholson (Oscar-nominated) and Otis Young are assigned to transport a young sailor (Randy Quaid, in his Oscar-nominated role) to a military prison because of a theft. Even though the mission is to be cut-and-dry, Nicholson and Young take pity on the young sailor and agree to show him one last good time before he reaches his final destination. The goodwill idea does have a good chance of back-firing on them though in the end. Nicholson is great, as usual, but it is the performance of Quaid that makes "The Last Detail" work as well as it does. He plays the part for what it is worth and makes the film believable and somewhat tense throughout. Not excellent, but still very good overall. 4 stars out of 5.

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