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The Last Detail (1973) – Jack Nicholson’s Profane 70s Road Movie
Jack Nicholson is given one simple job: escort a young sailor to prison. But the trip north becomes something far stranger — and far more human.
In this episode of The Cinematic Flashback Podcast, Chuck and Matt return to 1973 to revisit The Last Detail, the Hal Ashby–directed road movie starring Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, and Randy Quaid. Nicholson plays Navy signalman Billy “Badass” Buddusky, a lifer assigned to escort young sailor Larry Meadows to the naval brig after Meadows receives an astonishing sentence: eight years in prison for attempting to steal $40 from a charity box.
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