The Last Picture Show
705 reviews
Drama/Romance
1h 59m
1971
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...
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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.
- DirectorPeter Bogdanovich
- Release3 October 1971
- Genre
- Duration1h 59m
- Budget$1,300,000
- Revenue$29,133,000
- Rate705 reviews
- Productions
BBS Productions
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

John Hillerman
English teacher

Kimberly Hyde
Annie-Annie Martin

Noble Willingham
Chester

Peter Bogdanovich
DJ (voice) (uncredited)

Loyd Catlett
Leroy

Frank Marshall
Tommy Logan
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