Product Details

• Actors: Richard Harris, Karen Black, Martin Landau, Dennis Christopher
• Directors: Ray Boulting
• Format: Color
• Language: English
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Embassy Video
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0001SJE1W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,356 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Danny Travis(Richard Harris) the eccentric inventor lives in a run-down section of L.A., where his apartment building is being condemned. Travis goes in search of the truth and uncovers a trail of deceit and greed that leads right to the governor's door.

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2.0 out of 5 stars RICHARD HARRIS DISPLAYS HIS AMERICAN PERSONA., January 16, 2006

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rsoonsa (Lake Isabella, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Word (1980) (VHS Tape)

The talent of Richard Harris at using widely differing dialects is the most compelling aspect of this highly manipulative and tritely written film wherein Harris portrays Danny Travis, a visionary but failed inventor who, despite widowerhood, has raised three children, albeit in a state of genteel poverty, with their home being a Los Angeles apartment building that has been condemned by State officials in order to erect a massive mixed purpose complex upon the site. Urban renewal in this case translates into large monetary profit for the responsible insiders, and when a County Marshal attempts to dislodge Danny and his brood, Travis takes him prisoner and becomes a national celebrity due to contrivances arranged by a television reporter, played by Karen Black, and in the face of the best efforts of a former neighbour (well-played by Martin Landau) of Danny, the police captain in command of the hostage situation. A self-described Irish immigrant, Travis has virtually no accent and this noteworthy acting skill of Harris possesses far more interest than a plot that has only the most tortured connection with credibility and is further marred by an extraordinarily poor depiction of L.A.P.D. Swat tactics; the title refers to uncertainty as to which will have the final word: government, media, or an individual; curiously, a rushed ending leaves any answer in doubt.