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The Last Detail (1973)

"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."

7.0/10 1h 44m Dec 11, 1973
Drama Comedy

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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Movie Details

Original Title The Last Detail
Original Language EN
Budget $2,300,000
Revenue $10,000,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.9

Cast

Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky
Popularity: 2.8
Otis Young
Otis Young
GM1 'Mule' Mulhall
Popularity: 0.2
Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid
Seaman Larry Meadows
Popularity: 2.4
Clifton James
Clifton James
M. A. A.
Popularity: 9.8
Carol Kane
Carol Kane
Young Whore
Popularity: 1.6
Michael Moriarty
Michael Moriarty
Marine O. D.
Popularity: 1.7
Kathleen Miller
Kathleen Miller
Annette
Popularity: 1.1
Nancy Allen
Nancy Allen
Nancy
Popularity: 1.5
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Gerry Salsberg
Henry
Popularity: 1.4
Luana Anders
Luana Anders
Donna
Popularity: 5.8
Patricia Hamilton
Patricia Hamilton
Madame
Popularity: 2.2
Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner
Nichiren Shoshu Member
Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Director Hal Ashby
Producer Gerald Ayres, Charles Mulvehill
Screenplay Robert Towne
Editor Robert C. Jones

Production

Columbia Pictures
US
Acrobat Productions
Bright-Persky Associates

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Mark Kermode reviews The Last Detail (1973) | BFI Player
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Jack Nicholson accepts his award on the set of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nicholson accepts his award on the set of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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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

Reviews from TMDB

Wuchak 7/10
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 b ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10
Jan 13, 2025

"Meadows" (Randy Quaid) got caught trying to steal $40 from a charity box and so was kicked out of the US Navy and sent down for eight years! Charged with getting him to the jail are two veteran chancers "Buddusky" (Jack Nicholson) and "Mule" (Otis Young). These two think this is all just a bit of a ... Read more

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Details
Release Date December 11, 1973
Runtime 1h 44m
Budget $2,300,000
Revenue $10,000,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.9
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