The Last Detail

1973 104 min ★ 7.0 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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Cast

Jack Nicholson

Billy L. 'Badass' Buddusky

Otis Young

Richard 'Mule' Mulhall

Randy Quaid

Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows

Clifton James

M. A. A.

Carol Kane

Young Whore

Michael Moriarty

Marine O. D.

Luana Anders

Donna

Kathleen Miller

Annette

Nancy Allen

Nancy

Gerry Salsberg

Henry

Details

Director

Hal Ashby

Screenplay

Robert Towne

Tagline

"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."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$2,300,000

Revenue

$10,000,000

Production

Acrobat Productions, Bright-Persky Associates

Reviews

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Wuchak

November 29, 2023

★ 7/10

**_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. ...

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CinemaSerf

January 13, 2025

★ 7/10

"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 lark that will get them away from the grind, but they haven't bargained on their prisoner. He comes...