Top billed cast

1. 

   Jack Nicholson

   Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky

2. 

   Otis Young

   Richard 'Mule' Mulhall

3. 

   Randy Quaid

   Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows

4. 

   Clifton James

   M. A. A.

5. 

   Carol Kane

   Young Whore

6. 

   Michael Moriarty

   Marine O. D.

7. 

   Luana Anders

   Donna

8. 

   Kathleen Miller

   Annette

9. 

   Nancy Allen

   Nancy

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2023-11-29

**_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 ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,300,000.00

Revenue
$10,000,000.00

Keywords

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