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The Last of Sheila is a 1973 American whodunnit mystery film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim. It starred Richard Benjamin , Dyan Cannon , James Coburn , Joan Hackett , James Mason , Ian McShane , and Raquel Welch .
Jun 14, 1973 · The Last of Sheila: Directed by Herbert Ross. With Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett. A year after Sheila is killed by a hit-and-run driver, her wealthy husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game.
Hollywood is embarrassed by death and turns away from it; real grief is seldom. One is reminded of Frank Sinatra ’s remark at Harry Cohn’s funeral: “I only came to make sure the son-of-a-bitch is dead.” The movie begins as a cat-and-mouse game involving Coburn and the killer.
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
A year after Sheila is killed by a hit-and-run driver, her wealthy husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
Jan 4, 2011 · Once a heartthrob of teenage girls, Perkins had made an increasingly unusual series of career choices after his iconic, shocking turn in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), including a pair of urbane thrillers for French suspense director Claude Chabrol, The Champagne Murders (1967) and Ten Days Wonder (1971).
A Hollywood producer (James Coburn) shares his Riviera yacht with six people who might have killed his wife.
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Sep 17, 2020 · The Last of Sheila is a 1973 murder mystery film written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins, and produced and directed by Herbert Ross. It stars James Mason, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, James Coburn, Dyan Cannon, Ian McShane, and Raquel Welch.
Jun 14, 1973 · Raised voices at a Bel-Air party. The front door bursts open. Sheila runs from the mansion, away from her irate husband, Clinton Greene (James Coburn). A screech of brakes beyond the driveway. Sheila is hit and dies.
The Last of Sheila. Directed by Herbert Ross • 1973 • United States. Starring Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn. Wittily scripted by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim, this eccentric, all-star whodunnit is a dishy, devilish camp connoisseur’s delight.
