11 Interesting Facts About The Last Run

1. #002

   Star George C. Scott feuded with legendary director John Huston and co-star Tina Aumont during rewrites of the script while shooting. Huston quit the film after a shouting match with Scott. By chance Aumont was replaced by Trish Van Devere, with whom Scott fell in love and later married. Richard Fleischer replaced Huston.

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2. #003

   In a March 22, 1971 cover story on George C. Scott, Time magazine quoted him on why he took this film: "I'm doing it because it reminds me of old Bogart pictures."

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3. #008

   This film gives a good deal of information about the age of George C. Scott's character. In real life George C. Scott was only 44 when this film was shot.

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4. #009

   The film showing on the television in the café is the 1961 biographical film Mad Dog Coll (1961), which marked the debuts of Telly Savalas, Gene Hackman, Peggy Feury and Brooke Hayward.

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5. #010

   John Boorman was the first director attached to this project, but he left when he and George C. Scott could not agree on the script.

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6. #011

   The two cars chasing the trio were a white 1969 Jaguar XJ6 Series 1 and a 1969 Dodge Dart built in Spain by Barreiros during Chrysler's ownership of the company.

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7. #013

   This was Sven Nykvist's first American film, even though it was shot in Europe. Apart from a few scenes in The Dove (1974), he did not shoot a film in the US until Pretty Baby (1978), five years later.

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8. #014

   There is a theory that because director Richard Fleischer was not regarded as an "auteur" director like Sam Peckinpah or Blake Edwards, MGM chief Jimmy Aubrey felt less obliged to control the final cut.

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9. #016

   When Tony Musante's character quotes gangster Dutch Schultz's last words, he replaces "wept" with "wished." The real quote is "A boy has never wept nor dashed a thousand kim."

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10. #017

    Despite the "ribbing" that Harry Garmes was very old, George C. Scott (1927-1999) was only 9 years older than his mocking co-star Anthony Musante Jr. (1936-2013).

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11. #018

    Italian censorship visa # 59345 was issued on December 1, 1971.

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