The Last Picture Show (1971)

10/22/1971 1h 59m

Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…

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Overview

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 Ages at Release

Timothy Bottoms

as Sonny Crawford

Born 08/30/1951, age

Cybill Shepherd

as Jacy Farrow

Born 02/18/1950, age

Jeff Bridges

as Duane Jackson

Born 12/04/1949, age

Cloris Leachman

as Ruth Popper

Born 04/30/1926

Died 01/26/2021, age

Ellen Burstyn

as Lois Farrow

Born 12/07/1932, age

Ben Johnson

as Sam the Lion

Born 06/13/1918

Died 04/08/1996, age

Randy Quaid

as Lester Marlow

Born 10/01/1950, age

Clu Gulager

as Abilene

Born 11/16/1928

Died 08/06/2022, age

Eileen Brennan

as Genevieve

Born 09/03/1932

Died 07/28/2013, age

Sam Bottoms

as Billy

Born 10/17/1955

Died 12/16/2008, age

Jessie Lee Fulton

as Miss Mosey

Born 06/14/1912

Died 06/29/1983, age

John Hillerman

as English teacher

Born 12/20/1932

Died 11/09/2017, age

Noble Willingham

as Chester

Born 08/31/1931

Died 01/17/2004, age

Peter Bogdanovich

as DJ (voice) (uncredited)

Born 07/30/1939

Died 01/06/2022, age