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The Last of Sheila
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The Last of Sheila (1973) -- Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her multi-millionaire husband...

Overview

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Director:
Herbert Ross
Writers:
Anthony Perkins (written by) &
Stephen Sondheim (written by)
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Release Date:
14 June 1973 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Next Move Is Murder [USA Theatrical] more
Plot:
Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her multi-millionaire husband... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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(2 articles)
Oscar-Winning Actor James Coburn Dies at 74
 (From IMDb News. 19 November 2002)

Oscar-Winning Actor James Coburn Dies at 74
 (From WENN. 19 November 2002)

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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Richard Benjamin ... Tom

Dyan Cannon ... Christine

James Coburn ... Clinton Green
Joan Hackett ... Lee

James Mason ... Philip

Ian McShane ... Anthony

Raquel Welch ... Alice
Yvonne Romain ... Sheila Green (as Yvonne Romaine)
Pierre Rosso ... Vittorio
Serge Citon ... Guido
Roberto Rossi ... Captain
Elaine Geisinger ... American Couple
Elliot Geisinger ... American Couple
Jack Pugeat ... Silver Salesman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maurice Crosnier ... Concierge
Martial ... Locksmith
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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.77 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
The plot is based on murder-mystery party games that co-authors and puzzle enthusiasts Anthony Perkinsand Stephen Sondheim wrote and performed in their homes. Perkins and Sondheim plotted sophisticated games with very esoteric clues for their own and their friends' entertainment, as James Coburn's character does, and the film grew from that. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the crucial photograph of the six guests, they are lined up closer to the boat than they were when we saw the picture taken earlier, and at a different angle. more
Quotes:
Christine: Give me a glass of water and a couple of lesbians. more
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References Lawrence of Arabia (1962) more
Soundtrack:
Friends more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Best Who Dun It I Ever Saw, 13 July 2003
10/10
Author: John (irishcoffee630@aol.com) from Chicago, Il

I can not speak more highly of this movie as it has to be the best film who-dun-it ever conceived. James Coburn invites a group of Hollywood has been types on his yacht in the south of France to find out who killed his gossip columnist wife Sheila, a year before at a wild party. He sets up murder puzzle games, one every night, to find the culprit and to entertain the guests, but the games get out of control and real murders begin. The clues in this movie are really unique as you the viewer play along to find out the murderer. I have seen this film 3X and am still in awe that I missed so many clues....right before my eyes. Never guessed the killer either and I am a mystery buff and usually can. The cast is great.There are so many funny and bitchy lines in this movie they come from every direction. My favorite line: James Mason (a TV commercial director filming a dog food commercial) talking to his wife on phone "I am sorry dear but I must hang up a cast member is peeing on my leg." And he doesn't mean one of the pooches! Beautifully filmed and an all around A++++ film.

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