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One sheet movie poster for the 1973 American whodunnit mystery film
The Last of Sheila. The film was directed by Herbert Ross and written by actor Anthony Perkins and Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim.
Film Details
Plot A year after his wife, Sheila, is killed in a hit-and-run accident, a wealthy film producer named Clinton Greene (James Coburn) invites a group of friends on a week-long cruise on his yacht, also named the Sheila. He organizes an elaborate scavenger hunt mystery game where each person is assigned a secret, but the game soon turns deadly when a real murder occurs.
Cast The star-studded cast includes:
Richard Benjamin
Dyan Cannon
James Coburn
Joan Hackett
James Mason
Ian McShane
Raquel Welch
Legacy The film is highly regarded as a classic murder mystery and was a major inspiration for director Rian Johnson's 2022 film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. |
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