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The Late Show

  • 19771977
  • PGPG
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.8K
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4,976
Lily Tomlin and Art Carney in The Late Show (1977)
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ComedyMysteryThriller
A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
33,861
4,976
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    • Director
      • Robert Benton
    • Writer
      • Robert Benton
    • Stars
      • Art Carney
      • Lily Tomlin
      • Bill Macy
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Robert Benton
    • Writer
      • Robert Benton
    • Stars
      • Art Carney
      • Lily Tomlin
      • Bill Macy
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 48User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 7 nominations total

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    The Late Show
    Trailer 1:54
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    Lily Tomlin and Art Carney in The Late Show (1977)
    Lily Tomlin and Art Carney in The Late Show (1977)
    Lily Tomlin in The Late Show (1977)
    The Late Show (1977)
    Lily Tomlin in The Late Show (1977)
    John Considine, Bill Macy, and Eugene Roche in The Late Show (1977)
    Art Carney in The Late Show (1977)
    Lily Tomlin in The Late Show (1977)
    Lily Tomlin, Art Carney, and Bill Macy in The Late Show (1977)

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    Art Carney
    Art Carney
    • Ira Wells
    Lily Tomlin
    Lily Tomlin
    • Margo Sterling
    Bill Macy
    Bill Macy
    • Charlie Hatter
    Eugene Roche
    Eugene Roche
    • Ron Birdwell
    Joanna Cassidy
    Joanna Cassidy
    • Laura Birdwell
    John Considine
    John Considine
    • Jeff Lamar
    Ruth Nelson
    Ruth Nelson
    • Mrs. Schmidt
    John Davey
    • Sergeant Dayton
    Howard Duff
    Howard Duff
    • Harry Regan
    Ethel Reschke
    • Director
      • Robert Benton
    • Writer
      • Robert Benton
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Art Carney won the National Society of Film Critics (U.S.) Best Actor Award for his role in this movie.
    • Goofs
      The first close-up of Charlie's white shoes with blood on them also shows Ira's black shoes right next to him, but Ira doesn't walk up to help Charlie until the following shot.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Ira: Mrs. Schmidt asked me to move out. That place next door to you, is that still empty?

      Margo Sperling: I don't know, Ira. I don't think I could take it. I mean you just never say anything, for God's sake. It's not fair, 'cause I have to keep up my side of the conversation and your side of the conversation. Yeah, that's it - you just never say anything, for God's sake. I want some feedback from you. I wanna... I wanna know what you think about things... and what you think about me.

      Ira: Jesus Christ, would it kill you if once and awhile you wore a goddamned dress?

    • Crazy credits
      The movie opens with the early 1940's Warner Brothers logo.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Take 2: Overlooked Classics: Great Movies of the 70's That Nearly Everybody Missed (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      What Was
      Lyrics by Stephen Lehner

      Music by Kenneth Wannberg (as Ken Wannberg)

      Sung by Bev Kelly

    User reviews48

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    A sweet and unsentimental masterpiece
    As many who have left comments before me have observed, this film echos the detective stories of the 1930s and 1940s. I would go a little further and suggest that the premise of the movie is what would the case be like if Philip Marlowe were roped into a mystery when he was pushing 80? Howard Duff's scene early in the film and even his character's name evoke The Big Sleep while Chandler allusions continue through the film. Art Carney's superbly underplayed Ira Wells is unquestionably an avatar of Marlowe surviving into the late 1970s and into his late 70s. He's a bit deaf, a bit slow, a bit more crotchety but he's still that one moral man walking down "these mean streets" of L.A.

    Benton has done some extraordinary work, but this is his elevation to the sublime, a movie that one can watch again and again. It's a minor masterpiece. If producer Altman's own The Long Goodbye had been as good a Raymond Chandler film as this is, Goodbye would have risen to the level of the other two incomparable films of Chandler novels: the Howard Hawkes, Bogart and Bacall The Big Sleep and the Robert Mitchum Farewell, My Lovely.
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    • Dec 27, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 4, 1977 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros.
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mačka je videla ubicu
    • Filming locations
      • 6601 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Lion's Gate Films
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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