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The Last Detail

The Last Detail

Drama · Comedy · 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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The Last Detail

“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.”

1973 Drama · Comedy 1h 44m

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7.0 / 10

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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.

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Directed by

Hal Ashby

Written by

Robert Towne

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky

Otis Young

Otis Young

Richard 'Mule' Mulhall

Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows

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

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.