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The Last Detail

  • 19731973
  • RR
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
26K
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The Last Detail (1973)
Home Video Trailer from Columbia Pictures
Play trailer2:52
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ComedyDrama
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
26K
YOUR RATING
    • Hal Ashby
    • Robert Towne(screenplay)
    • Darryl Ponicsan(novel "The Last Detail")
  • Stars
    • Jack Nicholson
    • Randy Quaid
    • Otis Young
    • Hal Ashby
    • Robert Towne(screenplay)
    • Darryl Ponicsan(novel "The Last Detail")
  • Stars
    • Jack Nicholson
    • Randy Quaid
    • Otis Young
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 138User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars

    Videos1

    The Last Detail
    Trailer 2:52
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    Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, and Otis Young in The Last Detail (1973)
    Jack Nicholson and Randy Quaid in The Last Detail (1973)
    Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973)
    Randy Quaid in The Last Detail (1973)
    Jack Nicholson and Carol Kane in The Last Detail (1973)
    The Last Detail (1973)
    The Last Detail (1973)
    Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973)
    Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973)
    Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973)
    Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973)
    Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973)

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    Jack Nicholson
    Jack Nicholson
    • Buddusky
    Randy Quaid
    Randy Quaid
    • Meadows
    Otis Young
    Otis Young
    • Mulhall
    Clifton James
    Clifton James
    • M.A.A.
    Carol Kane
    Carol Kane
    • Young Whore
    Michael Moriarty
    Michael Moriarty
    • Marine O.D.
    Luana Anders
    Luana Anders
    • Donna
    Kathleen Miller
    Kathleen Miller
    • Annette
    Nancy Allen
    Nancy Allen
    • Nancy
    Gerry Salsberg
    • Henry
    Don McGovern
    • Bartender
    Patricia Hamilton
    Patricia Hamilton
    • Madame
    • (as Pat Hamilton)
    Michael Chapman
    Michael Chapman
    • Taxi Driver
    Jim Henshaw
    • Sweek
    Derek McGrath
    Derek McGrath
    • Nichiren Shoshu Member
    Gilda Radner
    Gilda Radner
    • Nichiren Shoshu Member
    Jim Horn
    Jim Horn
    • Nichiren Shoshu Member
    John Castellano
    • Nichiren Shoshu Member
      • Hal Ashby
      • Robert Towne(screenplay)
      • Darryl Ponicsan(novel "The Last Detail")
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    • Trivia
      The script was completed in 1970, but contained too much profanity to be shot as written. Columbia Pictures waited for two years trying to get writer Robert Towne to tone down the language. Instead, by 1972, the standards for foul language relaxed so much that all the profanity was left in.
    • Goofs
      The MAA Master Chief is not wearing a Master-at-Arms rating badge, he is wearing a Boatswain mate rating badge. The Master At Arms rating was disestablished in 1921, but was officially re-established on 1 August 1973. Therefore, as the story takes place, a Master Chief Boatswain's Mate being assigned the collateral duty of MAA is entirely accurate.
    • Quotes

      Buddusky: If this guy gets pussy out of this, I'm gonna eat my fucking flat hat, man.

      Mulhall: Yeah and I'm going to start chanting too.

      Meadows: [returns to table with Mulhall and Buddusky] Hey, you guys? Drop your socks and grab your cocks. We're going to a party.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Body Rock/Irreconcilable Differences/A Soldier's Story/Love Streams (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Never Let The Left Hand Know
      by Jack Goga

    User reviews138

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    Hal Ashby's classic
    If you respond to this film, you will probably go all the way and love it as much as I do. It is probably the high point of the drama of social realism started back by the like of "Marty."

    It is Nicholson's film, yet Quaid and Otis Young(in his only good movie) really shine as well. It is the most heartbreaking of material played without sap or sentiment. Obscenity like this was still pretty new to movies back in 73, be sure to avoid edited T.V. versions. Reading the comments, it is sad that todays movie fans, spoonfed sledgehammer crappola, really can't respond to a drama played with the kind of subtle grace of "The Last Detail." Give it a shot. Ten out of ten.
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    • rufasff
    • Jun 19, 2003

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    • Release date
      • February 15, 1974 (United States)
      • United States
      • Sony Movie Channel (United States)
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Bright-Persky Associates
      • Acrobat Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 44 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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