Jack Nicholson is the star here, he was in his mid-30s. Even though he had worked a lot during the 1960s, mostly in TV shows like Dr Kildare and the such, he had not yet hit his stride as one of the better actors. The rest, as some are prone to say, is movie history.
Here he is NCO Buddusky, he and another NCO, Otis Young as Mulhall, are assigned to take a young man to the brig several states away. He was convicted of theft of forty dollars, the money in the Polio donation box. He was also getting a dishonorable discharge, played by a 20-ish Randy Quaid as Meadows.
They travel by train and, instead of getting there promptly, take the full five days to make the delivery. Along the way they visit Washington, DC, Manhattan, Boston, and even find time to introduce young Meadows to the carnal pleasures of a house of "working women." Plus a bit of gambling.
I enjoyed the movie, mainly for seeing Nicholson and Quaid as young actors before they made it big, but overall I don't consider it to be a particularly good movie.
At home, streaming on Prime.
Here he is NCO Buddusky, he and another NCO, Otis Young as Mulhall, are assigned to take a young man to the brig several states away. He was convicted of theft of forty dollars, the money in the Polio donation box. He was also getting a dishonorable discharge, played by a 20-ish Randy Quaid as Meadows.
They travel by train and, instead of getting there promptly, take the full five days to make the delivery. Along the way they visit Washington, DC, Manhattan, Boston, and even find time to introduce young Meadows to the carnal pleasures of a house of "working women." Plus a bit of gambling.
I enjoyed the movie, mainly for seeing Nicholson and Quaid as young actors before they made it big, but overall I don't consider it to be a particularly good movie.
At home, streaming on Prime.
