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A getaway driver comes out of retirement to pull off one last run - one that could send him to an early grave instead.A getaway driver comes out of retirement to pull off one last run - one that could send him to an early grave instead.A getaway driver comes out of retirement to pull off one last run - one that could send him to an early grave instead.
Aldo Sambrell
- Miguel
- (as Aldo Sanbrell)
Pat Zurica
- 1st Man
- (as Patrick J. Zurica)
Robert Rietty
- Miguel
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Richard Fleischer
- John Huston(uncredited)
- Writer
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- TriviaGeorge C. Scott stars with two wives from three marriages. At the time the movie was filmed, he was near the end of his second marriage to Colleen Dewhurst. He married Trish Van Devere the next year.
- GoofsWhen George C. Scott puts on part of the carburetor at the beginning of the movie, he doesn't add the gasket.
- Quotes
Paul Rickard: I never called anything a her in my life. It, a car is an it.
Harry Garmes: With you, Rickard, everything is an it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Portrait of an Actor (1971)
- SoundtracksThe Last Run
Written by Jerry Goldsmith, Mack David and Mike Curb
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Great, hard to find Euro thriller
The plot is simple: an aging criminal getaway driver stumbles out of semi-retirement for one last job and ends up getting more than he bargained for. It's the stuff film noir writers have dreamed up for years. But in Richard Fleischer's "The Last Run", released in 1971 and starring George C. Scott, it feels refreshingly original and brash.
A troubled production from the start, "The Last Run" barreled through several directors (including John Huston) before Fleischer came on board. It probably wouldn't have been quite as successful without the star status of Scott... an interestingly low budget choice for an actor spring boarding off his home run performance in the blockbuster "Patton" a year earlier. And it is Scott who gives the film its grizzled pessimism... portraying his character Harry Garmes as a guy who understands the consequences of a lifetime on the fringes. He doesn't wink at the audience and for that, "The Last Run" is a seriously overlooked film that ranks with "The Outfit" and "Prime Cut" as three no-nonsense early 70's examples of the crime picture done amazingly right.
A troubled production from the start, "The Last Run" barreled through several directors (including John Huston) before Fleischer came on board. It probably wouldn't have been quite as successful without the star status of Scott... an interestingly low budget choice for an actor spring boarding off his home run performance in the blockbuster "Patton" a year earlier. And it is Scott who gives the film its grizzled pessimism... portraying his character Harry Garmes as a guy who understands the consequences of a lifetime on the fringes. He doesn't wink at the audience and for that, "The Last Run" is a seriously overlooked film that ranks with "The Outfit" and "Prime Cut" as three no-nonsense early 70's examples of the crime picture done amazingly right.
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- Budget
- $2,030,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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