{"id":42831,"date":"2026-10-07T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42831"},"modified":"2026-10-05T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:05:10","slug":"the-last-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42831","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Last Run&#8221; (1971) starring George C. Scott \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z100726review_lastrun.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"761\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>The Last Run <\/i>(1971)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Richard Fleischer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: \u00a0<strong>Alan Sharp<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish Van Devere <\/strong>and <strong>Colleen Dewhurst <\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>In the tradition of Hemingway and Bogart.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harry Garmes was a getaway driver.\u00a0 And a good one.\u00a0 But he left his life of crime years ago.\u00a0 After his son died.\u00a0 And his wife left him.\u00a0 Now Garmes lives alone in a small fishing village in southern Portugal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Garmes is unexpectedly offered a job, he accepts it.\u00a0 Garmes is to drive Paul Rickard, an escaped convict, across the border.\u00a0 Garmes wasn&#8217;t expecting Rickard to show up with his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Or that he would fall for her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Last Run<\/em> had a troubled production.\u00a0 The original director was John Huston.\u00a0 Huston and George C. Scott repeatedly clashed.\u00a0 Within a few weeks, Huston walked.\u00a0 Richard Fleischer came on as director.\u00a0 The original leading lady, Tina Marquand, was replaced with Trish Van Devere.\u00a0 Despite these problems and more, the film finished one week and just $30,000 over budget.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colleen Dewhurst and George C. Scott were married during the production of <em>The Last Run<\/em>.\u00a0 Dewhurst completed her scenes and returned to the US.\u00a0 As production continued George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere fell in love.\u00a0 After filming completed Scott divorced Dewhurst and married Van Devere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George C. Scott said he made this film because it felt like something Bogart would have done.\u00a0 It does have an &#8220;old time&#8221; feel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>The Last Run <\/i>(1971)<\/strong> rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z100726review_lastrun2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Last Run (1971) Director: Richard Fleischer Screenplay: \u00a0Alan Sharp Stars:\u00a0 George C. 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