Last Embrace

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Cast

Roy Scheider
as Harry Hannan

Janet Margolin
as Ellie Fabian

Sam Levene
as Sam Urdell

Marcia Rodd
as Adrian

John Glover
as Richard Peabody

Charles Napier
as Dave Quittle

Andrew Duncan
as Ernie

Christopher Walken
as Eckart

Jacqueline Brookes
as Dr. Coopersmith

David Margulies
as Rabbi Drexel

Gary Goetzman
as Tour Guide

Lou Gilbert
as Rabbi Jacobs

Mandy Patinkin
as Commuter

Max Wright
as Commuter

Sandy McLeod
as Dorothy Hannan

Cynthia Scheider
as Adrian's friend

Sasha von Scherler
as Shopper

George Hillman
as Ukelele Player

Gary Gunter
as Newscaster

Burt Santos
as Man in Cantina

Bert Santos
as Men in Cantina

Joe Spinell
as Man in cantina

Jim McBride
as Man in Cantina

Jonathan Demme
as Man On Train

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Audience Reviews for Last Embrace

• Apr 04, 2013

  "Last Embrace" is an incompetently executed, wildly incoherent and overly melodramatic neo-noir thriller that's one of the dullest, most tepidly inspired pieces of cinema I've ever watched. Aside from Roy Scheider, whose performance is so over-the-top that it's almost admirable, the acting is laughably poor from the entire cast, and everything from the pacing to the direction to the lighting is painfully inept. How Jonathan Demme, Tak Fujimoto, Barry Malkin and Miklós Rózsa could get together and make sure a godawful hunk of soap opera-ish garbage is beyond me. It's an experience I hope never to endure again.
  Stephen E Super Reviewer
• Jan 10, 2009

  This is a splendid little Hitchcockian thriller from Jonathan Demme. Roy Scheider plays Harry Hannan, a government agent recovering from a nervous breakdown after losing his wife in a botched attempt on his life. Fearful of further assassination attempts after being labelled a dangerous liability by his boss, Harry's nerves are shredded even further when he receives a mysterious death threat in Biblical Hebrew. Although certain characters (guilt-ridden, delicate hero - <I>Vertigo</I>), situations (shower scene - <I>Psycho</I>) and settings (bell tower - <I>Vertigo</I> again) are unmistakably Hitchcockian - and the movie even finds time to reference first generation Hitchcock clones like Henry Hathaway's <I>Niagara</I> - Demme's film is always a cut above mere pastiche because he makes little or no attempt to imitate the master's style. In place of Hitch's elegant backdrops and rigidly storyboarded perfectionism, Demme substitutes gritty locations, handheld camerawork and spontaneity. Scheider is superb as the haunted hero and Miklos Rozsa's score is simply beautiful.
  Stephen M Super Reviewer
• Mar 06, 2007

  A tackily directed 70s forerunner to the likes of Basic Instinct, this overly melodramatic tale of a burnt out secret agent who recieves a calling card from a serial killer is often unconvincing, and often just plain silly.
  xGary X Super Reviewer

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