The Last of the Mobile Hotshots
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sidney Lumet
James Coburn
Lynn Redgrave
Robert Hooks
Perry Hayes
Reggie King
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Although dying of cancer and habituated to marijuana, Jeb Stuart Thorington, the last scion of a distinguished Louisiana family, searches for money to restore the family mansion, Waverly. During Happy Couple Time on Rube Benedict's television show he marries topless dancer Myrtle, the sole surviving member of an Alabama female quintet, The Mobile Hotshots. Upon arrival at the dilapidated estate the newlyweds are greeted by Rube, the black caretaker. Although Myrtle is eager to have sex with Jeb, she accepts his impotence philosophically. Jeb, however, is enraged by his affliction; he is intent on begetting a child in order to prevent his black half brother Chicken from inheriting Waverly. Anxious to repossess a covenant he has made with Chicken, Jeb instructs Myrtle to ingratiate herself with the black. Consequently, his bride bestows her sexual favors upon his brother. Armed with a pistol, Jeb surprises the lovers, but collapses from exhaustion. When Jeb orders Chicken to burn the agreement, the black reveals that he is the offspring of Jeb's mother and Rube the custodian, rather than the bastard of Jeb's father and an anonymous black woman, as was assumed. As Jeb dies of shock, the levee breaks, obliging Chicken and Myrtle to ascend to the roof of Waverly for refuge and sexual fulfillment.
Director
Sidney Lumet
Cast
James Coburn
Lynn Redgrave
Robert Hooks
Perry Hayes
Reggie King
Patricia Zipprodt
Crew
Arlene Albertson
Bill Bates
B. J. Bjorkman
Nat Boxer
Al Burke
Gene Callahan
Vince Callahan
Jim Digangi
Bob Grand
Al Griswold
Burtt Harris
Alan Heim
John Hennessy
F. Hillsberg Inc.
Warren Hoag
James Wong Howe
Frederic Jones
Quincy Jones
Ben Kasazkow
Charles Kolb
Sidney Lumet
John Martensen
Craig Mckay
Richard Meyerhoff
Leif Pedersen
Enid Roth
Gene Rudolph
Brice Sevier
Al Taffet
Charles Termini
Gore Vidal
Patricia Zipprodt
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
The working title of this film is Blood Kin. Location scenes filmed in Louisiana.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 1970
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
Released in United States on Video July 6, 1994
Released in United States January 1970
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
Released in United States on Video July 6, 1994
