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The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

1970Movie⏱️ 1h 40mR
Drama
5.2
IMDB Rating
459 votes

After winning a game show contest, a newlywed couple travels to New Orleans where the husband seeks to reclaim his ancestral plantation mansion from his biracial stepbrother.

Director
Sidney Lumet
Writers
Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal
Stars
James Coburn, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Hooks
Release Date
December 10, 1970
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

James Coburn
James Coburn
as Jeb Stuart Thorington
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
as Myrtle Kane
Robert Hooks
Robert Hooks
as Chicken
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Perry Hayes
as George
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Reggie King
as Rube Benedict

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Production
Warner Bros.

🏷️ Keywords

couplehusbandplantationmississippi riverflood

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Up on the roof
by dbdumonteil2011-06-30

"Based on an overlooked Tennessee Williams play ,also known as " kingdom on earth";it was not the first time Lumet had filmed a Williams work :"the fugitive kind" in 1960 was not particularly memorable ,a vehicle for the playwright's good friend Anna Magnani. "Last of"...AKA "blood kin" is ,in spite of a poor rating,a more interesting adaptation :Lumet is at ease when he works in an enclosed place (see for that matter "twelve angry men" "murder on the orient express" "a dog day afternoon" "deathtrap").James Co..."

💡 Did You Know?

The original name of the play by Tennessee Williams was "The Seven Descents of Myrtle" and opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York on May 27, 1968 and ran for 29 performances.

📖 Synopsis

After winning a game show contest, a newlywed couple travels to New Orleans where the husband seeks to reclaim his ancestral plantation mansion from his biracial stepbrother.