| Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Screenplay by | Gore Vidal |
| Based on | The Seven Descents of Myrtle by Tennessee Williams |
| Produced by | Sidney Lumet |
| Starring | James Coburn Lynn Redgrave Robert Hooks |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Edited by | Alan Heim |
| Music by | Quincy Jones |
Production company | Sidney Lumet Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots is a 1970 American drama film. The screenplay by Gore Vidal is based on the Tennessee Williams play The Seven Descents of Myrtle, which opened on Broadway in March 1968 and ran for 29 performances.
Sidney Lumet directed Lynn Redgrave as Myrtle, James Coburn as Jeb, and Robert Hooks as Chicken. The film was shot in New Orleans and St. Francisville, Louisiana. It was released by the title Blood Kin in Europe.
Lumet later said "It wasn’t a success. But my feelings are that I would rather do incomplete Tennessee Williams than complete-any-body-else. It was lovely to work on, and I’m sorry I couldn’t solve it.”[1]
Vidal called the film "truly terrible" and "implausible".[2]