The Late Show (1977)

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7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Robert Benton

Starring (View all)

Art Carney
Ira Wells

Lily Tomlin
Margo Sterling

Bill Macy
Charlie Hatter

Eugene Roche
Ron Birdwell

Joanna Cassidy
Laura Birdwell

John Considine
Jeff Lamar

Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Schmidt

John Davey
Sergeant Dayton

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Description: Ira Wells (Art Carney) is a sixty-two-year-old gumshoe who's seen better days. Languishing in a slummy rented room in Los Angeles, he is unsuccessfully trying to recapture his youth by writing an autobiography. Ira isn't your typical hero: he's got a bum leg, wears a hearing aid, and suffers from a perforated ulcer. When a fellow detective and close friend is murdered, Ira vows to find the killer. His search brings him into contact with Margo (Lily Tomlin), a spaced-out gal who is a bargain basement careers (show biz manager, dressmaker, dope peddler). Margo is a perfect foil for Ira: her flightiness and his practicality. ... (more)

Release date: 4 July 1977
UPC: 085393186425

Tags: Drama (3), Comedy (3), Mystery (3), Crime (2), 1977 (2), Murder (1), Writers (1), 1970s (1), Detectives (1), Heroism (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Silencer (1), Warner Bros. (1), Self-esteem (1), SnP (1), You (1)

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" FilmStruck- 1hr. 33min. First Viewing It takes a little too long for the film to come together, around the second act, but The Late Show eventually becomes a fun little mystery with two exceptional performances from Art Carney and Lily Tomlin. As mentioned, the movie doesn't start cooking until the second act, as the first is a bit too reliant on exposition and setup; it's doesn't really balance this well with character beats and momentum. Once it puts Carney and Tomlin together, and leans into"

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