The Last Picture Show( 1971)

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Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…

Overview

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

Top Billed Cast

Timothy Bottoms
Sonny Crawford
Cybill Shepherd
Jacy Farrow
Jeff Bridges
Duane Jackson
Cloris Leachman
Ruth Popper
Ellen Burstyn
Lois Farrow
Ben Johnson
Sam the Lion
Randy Quaid
Lester Marlow
Clu Gulager
Abilene
Eileen Brennan
Genevieve
Sam Bottoms
Billy
Sharon Ullrick
Charlene Duggs
Bill Thurman
Coach Popper
Jessie Lee Fulton
Miss Mosey
Helena Humann
Jimmie Sue
Barc Doyle
Joe Bob Blanton
Gary Brockette
Bobby Sheen
John Hillerman
English teacher
Joe Heathcock
Sheriff
Kimberly Hyde
Annie-Annie Martin
Noble Willingham
Chester
Janice O'Malley
Mrs. Clarg
Grover Lewis
Sonny's father
Peter Bogdanovich
DJ (voice) (uncredited)
Loyd Catlett
Leroy
Robert Glenn
Gene Farrow
Floyd Mahaney
Oklahoma Patrolman
Joye Hash
Mrs. Jackson
Gordon Hurst
Monroe
Charles Seybert
Andy Fanner
Frank Marshall
Tommy Logan
Tom Martin
Larry
Stuart Spates
Roughneck in Truck (uncredited)
Marjorie Jay
Winnie Snips
Pamela Keller
Jackie Lee French
Mike Hosford
Johnny
Faye Jordan
Nurse
Rebecca Ulrick
Marlene
Merrill Shepherd
Agnes
Buddy Wood
Bud
Kenny Wood
Ken
Leon Brown
Cowboy in Cafe
Bobby McGriff
Truck Driver
Jack Mueller
Oil Pumper
Robert Arnold
Brother Blanton
Otis Elmore
1st Mechanic
Charles Salmon
Roughneck Driver
George Gaulden
Cowboy
Will Morris Hannis
Gas Station Man

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Mon Oct 29 2018

***Bleak, trashy B&W drama of life in a fading Texas town in the early 50s with several strong points*** Released in 1971, “The Last Picture Show” is a B&W drama of several teens and adults in a dying Texas town on the windy plains in 1951. Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd play the main high shoolers while Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman and Ellen Burstyn appear as the adults. Randy Quaid and Clu Gulager have peripheral roles. Sam the Lion (Johnson) is the minor mogul of the town, the father figure of several of the boys, who are fatherless in practice, if not reality. Desp...