USA,
1973, 104 min
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)Plots(1)
When Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Mulhall (Otis Young) are detailed to take a young sailor, Meadows (Randy Quaid), from a Virginia Naval Base to a New Hampshire Naval Prison to serve an eight-year sentence for a trivial offense they decide to show him a good time on their journey north. (Powerhouse Films)
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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