The Last Word (1979)

Directors

Roy Boulting

Cast

Biff McGuire, Bonnie Bartlett, Christopher Guest, Dennis Christopher, Karen Black, Linda Dangcil, Martin Landau, Nathan Cook, Penelope Milford

The story

A washed-up inventor, Danny Travis, takes matters into his own hands in a very extreme way when he learns that his house will be condemned and his beloved children left on the street. Travis is so upset that when a city official comes to evict him from the premises, he takes the man hostage. A television reporter, Paula Herbert, turns public sympathies both for and against Travis, prolonging the story opportunistically as a Los Angeles police captain, Gerrity, attempts to defuse the situation.

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