The Late Show

The Late Show

1977 | 1h 36m | Noir, Crime | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

When private detective Ira Wells' partner is murdered, Wells reluctantly takes over his partner's open case: locating Margo's missing cat. Somehow, the cat's disappearance leads Well's into both the seamy underbelly of Los Angeles.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Robert Benton

CAST

Art Carney

Lily Tomlin

Bill Macy

Eugene Roche

Joanna Cassidy

PRODUCERS

Robert Altman

WRITERS

Robert Benton

Host Intros

01:57
Alicia Malone Intro -- The Late Show (1977)
Intro Aired: Dec 2019
TCM's Alicia Malone introduces The Late Show, 1977.
01:40
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Late Show (1977)
Intro Aired: Jan 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Late Show, 1977.

Related Videos

03:46
Late Show, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) They Did It Better Back Then
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Old-school LA private eye Ira (Art Carney) has figured out that ex-actress freelance whatever Margo (Lily Tomlin) didnt tell him she had already hired his partner, since shot and killed, to find her cat, when she asked him to take the job, in writer-director Robert Bentons The Late Show, 1977.
03:59
Late Show, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) Act Calm
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Detective Ira (Art Carney) and looney client Margo (Lily Tomlin) follow their paid-for clue to the apartment where crook Escobar was hiding, and they find her cat, so she considers the case finished, but he notes complications, and meets the armed Joanna Cassidy, in Robert Bentons acclaimed The Late Show, 1977.
02:51
Late Show, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) How Do You Feel About Cats?
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From the opening scene we know that Art Carney is retiring LA private eye Ira Wells, working on a memoir, when his partner arrives fatally wounded, and now at the funeral where we meet Charlie (Bill Macy) and Margo (Lily Tomlin), in writer-director Robert Bentons The Late Show, 1977.

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