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Last Embrace (1979)

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Film details

Featuring

Roy Scheider Janet Margolin John Glover
Director

Jonathan Demme
Country

USA
Year

1979
Genre

Thriller
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Harry Hannan works for an unnamed government agency but when his wife is killed in Mexico he has a mental breakdown. When he believes is well enough to return to work, he finds not everyone agrees he is ready. He finds his apartment has been taken by a young laboratory worker, Ellie, and he reluctantly lets her stay on for a while. Harry becomes interested in a series of strange murders, in which some members of the Jewish community are being killed and a line of Hebrew text left with the bodies. Harry and Ellie look into it, investigating in libraries, at an upstate college campus and eventually at Niagara Falls, where the shocking truth becomes clear.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Harry Hannan
    
    Roy Scheider
  - Ellie Fabian
    
    Janet Margolin
  - Richard Peabody
    
    John Glover
  - Sam Urdell
    
    Sam Levene
  - Dave Quittle
    
    Charles Napier
  - Eckart
    
    Christopher Walken
  - Dr. Coopersmith
    
    Jacqueline Brookes
  - Rabbi Josh Drexel
    
    David Margulies
  - Bernie Weckler
    
    Andrew Duncan
  - Adrian
    
    Marcia Rodd
  - Tour Guide
    
    Gary Getzman
  - Rabbi Jacobs
    
    Lou Gilbert
  - 1st Commuter
    
    Mandy Patinkin
  - 2nd Commuter
    
    Max Wright
  - Dorothy Hannan
    
    Sandy Mcleod
  - Adrian's Friend
    
    Cynthia Scheider
  - Saleslady
    
    Patricia Fay
  - Shopper
    
    Sasha von Scherler
  - Ukelele Player
    
    George Hillman
  - Newscaster
    
    Gary A. Gunther
  - Man in Cantina
    
    Bert Santos
  - Man in Cantina
    
    Joe Spinell
  - Man in Cantina
    
    Jim McBride
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Jonathan Demme
  - 2nd Unit Director
    
    Purcell Demme, Evelyn
  - Assistant Director
    
    Michael Rauch
  - Assistant Director
    
    Steven Felder
  - Assistant director (California)
    
    James Quinn
  Production:
  - ©
    
    United Artists Corporation
  - Production Company
    
    Taylor-Wigutow Productions
  - Producer
    
    Michael Taylor
  - Producer
    
    Dan Wigutow
  - Associate producer/production manager
    
    John Nicolella
  - Unit manager
    
    Lou Fusaro
  - Production Co-ordinator
    
    Arlene Albertson
  - Location co-ordinator
    
    Marc Greenberg
  - Location co-ordinator
    
    Margaret B. Hunnewell
  - Production Assistant
    
    Connie Heimbach
  - Production Assistant
    
    Suzanne Joffe
  - Production Assistant
    
    Gayle Kirschenbaum
  - Production Assistant
    
    Kerry Orent
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    David Shaber
  - Original novel
    
    Murray Teigh Bloom
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Tak Fujimoto
  - Additional Photography
    
    Dick Kratina
  - Additional Photography
    
    Ed Lachman
  - Camera Operator
    
    Priestley Jr, Tom
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects
    
    John Burke
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Barry Malkin
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Charles Rosen
  - Art Director
    
    James A. Taylor
  - Set director
    
    Tom Tonery
  - Set Decorator
    
    James Payne
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Jane Greenwood
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Max Henriquez
  Titles:
  - Title Design
    
    Pablo Ferro
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Miklós Rózsa
  Sound:
  - Sound Recording
    
    John Fundus
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Dick J. Vorisek
  - Sound Editor
    
    Les Lazarowitz
  - Sound Effects Editor
    
    Louis Cerborino
  - Sound Effects Editor
    
    Maurice Shell
  - Sound Effects Editor
    
    Stanley Bochner
  Stunts:
  - Stunts
    
    Ted Grossman
  - Stunts
    
    Tanya Russell
  - Stunts
    
    Bill Couch

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