The Last Detail poster

The Last Detail( 1973)

TV-MADramaComedy
70%
User
Score

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.

Overview

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jack Nicholson

      SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky

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      Otis Young

      GM1 'Mule' Mulhall

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      Randy Quaid

      Seaman Larry Meadows

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      Clifton James

      M. A. A.

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      Carol Kane

      Young Whore

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      Michael Moriarty

      Marine O. D.

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      Kathleen Miller

      Annette

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      Nancy Allen

      Nancy

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      Gerry Salsberg

      Henry

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      Luana Anders

      Donna

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      Patricia Hamilton

      Madame

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      Gilda Radner

      Nichiren Shoshu Member

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      Hal Ashby

      Bearded Man at Bar (uncredited)

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      Don McGovern

      Bartender

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      Michael Chapman

      Taxi Driver

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      Jim Henshaw

      Sweek

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      Derek McGrath

      Nichiren Shoshu Member

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      Jim Horn

      Nichiren Shoshu Member

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      John Castellano

      Nichiren Shoshu Member

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    A review by Wuchak

    7
    Written by Wuchak on Wed Nov 29 2023
    **_Slice-of-life drama about post-Vietnam military guys on the eastern home front_** Two Petty Officers in Norfolk, Virginia (Jack Nicholson and Otis Young), are assigned a shore patrol detail to escort a naïve 18-year-old Seaman (Randy Quaid) to Portsmouth Naval Prison just across the coastal border of Maine. They decide to give the ‘kid’ a good time in several misadventures along the way. “The Last Detail” (1973) is a road movie in the Northeast during the transition from late Fall to early Winter (shot in November-January). While a realistic drama, it’s also a dark comedy with interes...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2300000.00

    Revenue

    10000000.00

    Keywords

    • washington dc, usa
    • based on novel or book
    • u.s. navy
    • road trip
    • maine
    • convict
    • prison sentence
    • sailor
    • train travel
    • shore patrol
    • buddy movie
    • prisoner escort