Directed by:
Hal AshbyScreenplay:
Robert TowneCinematography:
Michael ChapmanComposer:
Johnny MandelCast:
Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, Carol Kane, Michael Moriarty, Luana Anders, Nancy Allen, Michael Chapman, Peter Foldy, Gilda Radner (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Billy Budduskey (Jack Nicholson), a hard bitten, wise-cracking, foul-mouthed, cynical, but professional Navy-man, given the loathsome job of escorting a very young sailor (Randy Quaid) to a military prison for a minor crime. Budduskey decides to give the young sailor a life-time of experience in just three days! (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (1)
A brilliant satire of American society in the 1970s. Jack Nicholson was already a great actor able to utter and perform all the sins of the world while we just watch him entranced. Randy Quaid is also excellent in his role of a young man giving up a life of freedom in an overall straightforward, well-scripted comedy that really doesn't pull any punches.
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