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The Last Picture Show

Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…

1971 · R · 1h 59m

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich

7.6

TMDB audience score
817 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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