The Last Detail

1973
US
104 min
18

Directed by: Hal Ashby
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid.

Two hardened naval petty officers escort a young recruit charged with theft across country to jail. Perceptive and profanity-filled screenplay by Robert ('Chinatown') Towne powers a magnificent outing by Nicholson that lies at the heart of this downbeat melodrama.