The Last Picture Show

7.6

United States Of America

Drama

119 min

1971

Sam Bottoms Frank Marshall Loyd Catlett Peter Bogdanovich Noble Willingham Kimberly Hyde John Hillerman Jessie Lee Fulton Bill Thurman Sharon Ullrick Timothy Bottoms Eileen Brennan Clu Gulager Randy Quaid Ben Johnson Ellen Burstyn Cloris Leachman Jeff Bridges Cybill Shepherd

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.