
Sheila Green (Yvonne Romain) is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while walking home from a party one night. A year later, her multi-millionaire husband, Clinton (James Coburn), invites a group of friends (James Mason, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, and Ian McShane) to spend a week with him on his yacht. Clinton loves to play elaborate games and he assigns everyone a secret - one is an alcoholic, another an informer and so on - that they are not... (Full plot summary below)
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Sheila Green (Yvonne Romain) is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while walking home from a party one night. A year later, her multi-millionaire husband, Clinton (James Coburn), invites a group of friends (James Mason, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, and Ian McShane) to spend a week with him on his yacht. Clinton loves to play elaborate games and he assigns everyone a secret - one is an alcoholic, another an informer and so on - that they are not to share with anyone. Every day for the next six days, they will call into a port where they will be given clues to discover one person's secret. The game takes a deadly twist when a murder tales place and it all has to do with the game they have been playing and the secrets that Clinton assigned at the outset.
Leave your thoughts about The Last of Sheila.
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonThe Last of Sheila is so intricately scripted that Sondheim and Perkins actually drop clues throughout the film that can be picked up by attentive viewers. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzCampy gamer thriller that wasn't as much fun as it pretended to be. |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. PuccioThe Last of Sheila is a crackerjack brainteaser, even if you forget it two minutes after you see it. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonA bit chilly: the writers were so busy making sure the mystery was structurally airtight that they missed out on crafting rich, deep characters. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairThe Last of Sheila possesses few, if any, attributes designed to capture and sustain the viewer's interest... |
| User ReviewVarris Hlove it - great script and great coburn. one of the best "all star cast" movies of the 70's |
| User ReviewMr. JFor me, the perfect whodunnit. And also the perfect "Hollywood/show biz is hell" black comedy. And the perfect early seventies large ensemble. I have seen this movie, like a lot in my top ten, probably once a year since I was 8 or 9. It works every time, although when I was that young, it probably worked more as a big Hollywood movie, like "The Poseiden Adventure" or "The Towering Inferno". It is creepy, clever and will stick with you for weeks after you see it, if only to try to figure out all of the elaborate puzzles in the film or remember all of the cutting lines. I cannot recommend this movie enough. |
| User ReviewPrivate UClassy, sexy, funny murder mystery set on a yacht with a screenplay by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins and a howlingly bad performance by Racquel Welch. Classic line: "Gimme a glass of water and a couple of lesbians!" |
| User ReviewTim FOne of my all time favorites, I want it on DVD bad! Watching it in Pan-scan on regular tv is torture, but i watch anyway because its so damn good. |
| User Reviewmirabella 1One of my favourite films from my childhood. This racy little mystery-thriller boasts a stellar cast, superior writing, & ingenious plotting. Kind of like a modern day Agatha Christie. It will keep you guessing (& laughing) right up to the final frame. |