The Last Picture Show

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

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Helena Humann

Jimmie Sue

Barc Doyle

Joe Bob Blanton

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Gary Brockette

Bobby Sheen

John Hillerman

English teacher

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Joe Heathcock

Sheriff

Kimberly Hyde

Annie-Annie Martin

Noble Willingham

Chester

Crew

Art

• Walter Scott Herndon Art Direction
• Polly Platt Production Design
• Al Litteken Construction Coordinator
• George Lillie Painter
• Walter Starkey Props
• Louis Donelan Props
• Ed Shanley Construction Coordinator
• Vincent M. Cresciman Assistant Production Design

Camera

• Robert Surtees Director of Photography
• Carl Manoogian Key Grip
• Leonard Lookabaugh Dolly Grip
• Terry K. Meade Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Polly Platt Costume Design
• Mickey Sherrard Wardrobe Coordinator
• Nancy McArdle Wardrobe Coordinator

Directing

• Peter Bogdanovich Director
• Robert Rubin Assistant Director
• William A. Morrison Second Assistant Director
• Marshall Schlom Script Supervisor

Editing

• Donn Cambern Editor
• Peter Bogdanovich Editor

Lighting

• Alan Goldenhar Gaffer

Production

• Ross Brown Casting
• Marilyn La Salandra Production Coordinator
• Elly Mitchell Production Secretary
• Mae Woods Production Assistant
• Frank Marshall Location Manager
• Stephen J. Friedman Producer
• Bert Schneider Executive Producer
• Harold Schneider Associate Producer
• Bob Rafelson Producer
• Don Guest Unit Production Manager

Sound

• Dean Salmon Boom Operator
• Tom Overton Sound Mixer

Writing

• Larry McMurtry Screenplay
• Peter Bogdanovich Screenplay
• Larry McMurtry Novel

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