| The Last Word | |
| Director: | Roy Boulting |
| Starring: | Richard Harris Karen Black Martin Landau Dennis Christopher Penelope Milford |
| Music: | Carol Lees |
| Cinematography: | Jules Brenner |
| Editing: | George Grenville |
| Distributor: | Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Last Word is a 1979 film starring Richard Harris.[1] It was the last film directed by Roy Boulting.[2]
It was also known as The Number.[3]
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.