“No *#@!!* Navy’s going to give some poor **!!@* kid eight years in the #@!* brig without me taking him out for the time of his *#@!!* life.” Two Navy men (Jack Nicholson & Otis Young) on shore patrol are ordered to escort an 18-year-old Seaman (Randy Quaid) to military prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way. Hal Ashby’s road picture is funny and profane, featuring an expletive-laden screenplay from Robert Towne, an all-timer performance from Nicholson as an anti-authoritarian Navy lifer, and cinematography from Michael Chapman in his first film as director of photography.
