The Last of Sheila (1973)

Director:

Herbert Ross

Writers:

Anthony Perkins (written by) &
Stephen Sondheim (written by)

Release Date:

14 June 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The Next Move Is Murder [USA Theatrical]

Plot:

Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her multi-millionaire husband...

Plot Keywords:

Yacht | Game | Actor | Beautiful Woman | Murder

Awards:

1 win

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

Directed by
Herbert Ross

Writing credits
Anthony Perkins		(written by) &
Stephen Sondheim		(written by)

Produced by
Stanley O'Toole	....	executive producer
Herbert Ross	....	producer

Original Music by
Billy Goldenberg

Cinematography by
Gerry Turpin

Film Editing by
Edward Warschilka

Production Design by
Ken Adam

Art Direction by
Tony Roman

Set Decoration by
John Jarvis

Costume Design by
Joel Schumacher

Makeup Department
Mary Bredin	....	hair stylist
Harry Frampton	....	makeup artist
Peter Frampton	....	makeup artist
Alaine Scemama	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Stanko Grozdanic	....	production supervisor
Malcolm Stamp	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michel Cheyko	....	assistant director
William C. Gerrity	....	assistant director

Art Department
Barry Wilkinson	....	props

Sound Department
David Dockendorf	....	sound mixer
Derek Holding	....	sound editor
Richard Oswald	....	sound editor
Cyril Swern	....	sound recordist
Dan Wallin	....	sound re-recording mixer

Stunts
Fred Stromsoe	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Derek V. Browne	....	camera operator
W.C. 'Chunky' Huse	....	chief grip
Michael Murchan	....	rigger (as Mick Murchan)
Bob Penn	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brian Owen-Smith	....	wardrober
Ron Talsky	....	costume designer: Raquel Welch
Terry Young	....	wardrober

Editorial Department
Don Zimmerman	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Harry King	....	music editor
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer

Other crew
George Crawford	....	stand-by supervisor
Annabel Davis-Goff	....	continuity
Hunt Downs	....	publicist
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Nora Kaye	....	production associate

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia-Warner Distributors (1973) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1973) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (video)

Other Companies

• GBS Film Lighting  lighting

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.77 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:AA | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Studios de la Victorine - 16 avenue Edoard Grinda, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Shooting the monastery sequence just off Cannes proved to be troublesome for Raquel Welch. Gale force winds and rain disrupted the night shoot, and Welch was reluctant to leave her Venice hotel for fear of getting stuck in the storm. "This glamorous picture in the wonderful sunny Cote d'Azur has turned out to be a bit of a splodge," Welch told a journalist. "This is not my idea of an enjoyable evening, but they're paying you the money. I just go ahead and do it and don't complain."

Goofs:

Continuity: When the group lines up outside the yacht for the photo, Christine has her sunglasses on. In the next scene Clinton hangs up the photo, and it shows Christine with no sunglasses.

Quotes:

Christine: Give me a glass of water and a couple of lesbians.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Day for Night: A Conversation with Jaqueline Bisset (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Friends

Very entertaining.

This very fun movie made me so nostalgic for the 70's. Excellent who-dunnit. Dyan Cannon is perfect as the brassy, free-wheeling wild blonde; I don't know why she was not more famous--good actress, excellent comedienne, beautiful. For the first time ever, Richard Benjamin actually acts. James Mason is wonderful. Many very very funny moments. Raquel Welch is terrible--all she can do is be pretty. James Coburn as the captain who plans the crafty game onboard ship is a wonderful diabolical schemer. Too bad Tony Perkins and Steven Sondheim didn't write some more sreenplays. I loved this to death.