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Film / 1971
The Last Picture Show
Directed by
Peter Bogdanovich
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.
The story
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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The Last Picture Show and Texasville
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Texasville
Cast
Timothy BottomsSonny Crawford
Cybill ShepherdJacy Farrow
Jeff BridgesDuane Jackson
Cloris LeachmanRuth Popper
Ellen BurstynLois Farrow
Ben JohnsonSam the Lion
Randy QuaidLester Marlow
Clu GulagerAbilene
Eileen BrennanGenevieve
Sam BottomsBilly
Sharon UllrickCharlene Duggs
Bill ThurmanCoach Popper
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Jessie Lee FultonMiss Mosey
Helena HumannJimmie Sue
Barc DoyleJoe Bob Blanton
Gary BrocketteBobby Sheen
John HillermanEnglish teacher
Joe HeathcockSheriff
Kimberly HydeAnnie-Annie Martin
Noble WillinghamChester
Janice O'MalleyMrs. Clarg
Grover LewisSonny's father
Peter BogdanovichDJ (voice) (uncredited)
Loyd CatlettLeroy
Robert GlennGene Farrow
Floyd MahaneyOklahoma Patrolman
Joye HashMrs. Jackson
Gordon HurstMonroe
Charles SeybertAndy Fanner
Frank MarshallTommy Logan
Tom MartinLarry
Stuart SpatesRoughneck in Truck (uncredited)
Marjorie JayWinnie Snips
Pamela KellerJackie Lee French
Mike HosfordJohnny
Faye JordanNurse
Rebecca UlrickMarlene
Merrill ShepherdAgnes
Buddy WoodBud
Kenny WoodKen
Leon BrownCowboy in Cafe
Bobby McGriffTruck Driver
Robert ArnoldBrother Blanton
Otis Elmore1st Mechanic
Charles SalmonRoughneck Driver
George GauldenCowboy
Will Morris HannisGas Station Man
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