The Last Picture Show (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 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.
- Released
- 1971-10-03
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 from 815 votes
Cast
- Timothy Bottoms as Sonny Crawford
- Cybill Shepherd as Jacy Farrow
- Jeff Bridges as Duane Jackson
- Cloris Leachman as Ruth Popper
- Ellen Burstyn as Lois Farrow
- Ben Johnson as Sam the Lion
- Randy Quaid as Lester Marlow
- Clu Gulager as Abilene
- Eileen Brennan as Genevieve
- Sam Bottoms as Billy
- Sharon Ullrick as Charlene Duggs
- Bill Thurman as Coach Popper
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