The Last Picture Show

Release Date:

Jan 1, 1971

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

1:58

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Cast:

Timothy Bottoms	Sonny Crawford
Jeff Bridges	Duane Jackson
Cybill Shepherd	Jacy Farrow
Ben Johnson	Sam the Lion
Cloris Leachman	Ruth Popper
Ellen Burstyn	Lois Farrow
Eileen Brennan	Genevieve
Clu Gulager	Abilene
Sharon Taggart	Charlene Duggs
Randy Quaid	Lester Marlow
Joe Heathcock	The Sheriff
Bill Thurman	Coach Popper
Jessie Lee Fulton	Miss Mosey
Gary Brockette	Bobby Sheen
Loyd Catlett	Leroy
John Hillerman	Teacher
Noble Willingham	Chester

Producers:

Stephen Friedman , Bert Schneider

Writers:

Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry

Language:

English

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

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