
About
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.
Rating and Reviews
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7.621/10

CinemaSerf
"Sonny" (Timothy Bottoms) and "Duane" (Jeff Bridges) are best pals in a remote Texan town that offers them little by way of prospects. They both vie for the love interest of "Jacy" (Cybill Shepherd) a... read more
6 months ago

Peter McGinn
I must have watched this movie a few years after it came out, but I had no specific memory of it, no feeling of deja vu of having seen a scene before. It is a good film in many ways, certainly achievi... read more
over 4 years ago

Wuchak
***Bleak, trashy B&W drama of life in a fading Texas town in the early 50s with several strong points*** Released in 1971, “The Last Picture Show” is a B&W drama of several teens and adults in a d... read more
over 6 years ago
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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

Kimberly Hyde
Annie-Annie Martin

Noble Willingham
Chester
Janice O'Malley
Mrs. Clarg
Grover Lewis
Sonny's father

Peter Bogdanovich
DJ (voice) (uncredited)

Loyd Catlett
Leroy
Robert Glenn
Gene Farrow
Floyd Mahaney
Oklahoma Patrolman
Joye Hash
Mrs. Jackson
Gordon Hurst
Monroe
Charles Seybert
Andy Fanner

Frank Marshall
Tommy Logan
Tom Martin
Larry
Stuart Spates
Roughneck in Truck (uncredited)
Marjorie Jay
Winnie Snips
Pamela Keller
Jackie Lee French
Mike Hosford
Johnny
Faye Jordan
Nurse
Rebecca Ulrick
Marlene
Merrill Shepherd
Agnes
Buddy Wood
Bud
Kenny Wood
Ken
Leon Brown
Cowboy in Cafe
Bobby McGriff
Truck Driver
Jack Mueller
Oil Pumper
Robert Arnold
Brother Blanton
Otis Elmore
1st Mechanic
Charles Salmon
Roughneck Driver
George Gaulden
Cowboy
Will Morris Hannis
Gas Station Man
Director

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

Larry McMurtry
Screenplay

Peter Bogdanovich
Screenplay

Larry McMurtry
Novel