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1970
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When sailor Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid) is sentenced to eight years in a New Hampshire prison, Navy lifers Billy Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Mule Mulhall (Otis Young) are assigned to escort him...
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“The Last Detail” is a sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet drama that features believable characters and situations. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2023
The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, from a screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Darryl Ponicsan. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, and Carol Kane.
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Feb 15, 1974 · The Last Detail: Directed by Hal Ashby. With Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James. Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Shoving injustice right in its audience's face, Hal Ashby's THE LAST DETAIL is an ethos-reflecting, profanity-riddled road trip of the titular detail - Navy signalman Buddusky (Nicholson) and seaman Mulhall (Young) are assigned to escort a young offender Meadows (Quaid) from Norfolk, Virginia to Portsmouth Naval Prison near Maine - that conveys ...
Jul 1, 2015 · Ashby shoots “The Last Detail” with a observational simplicity (Andrew Sarris described it as “sensitive, precise direction”), unwilling to show off who’s behind the camera in favor of ...
The Last Detail is a salty, bawdy, hilarious and very touching story about two career sailors escorting to a naval prison a dumb boot sentenced for petty thievery. Jack Nicholson is outstanding at the head of a superb cast. Read More. FULL REVIEW. 100. IndieWire.
Jan 1, 1973 · The Last Detail is a salty, bawdy, hilarious and very touching story about two career sailors escorting to a naval prison a dumb boot sentenced for petty thievery. Jack Nicholson is outstanding...
Review by Brendon Hanley The Last Detail fits very nicely into its early 1970s milieu: distinctly anti-authoritarian, the film is chock full of cursing, sexual language, rowdiness, and downright rudeness.
