Directed by Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude) and written by Robert Towne (Chinatown), this "gem of a film" (Judith Crist, New York Magazine) stars Jack Nicholson in an Academy Award®-nominated performance as Buddusky, a street-tough sailor. When he is tasked with escorting a charge (Randy Quaid) to naval prison, Buddusky decides they're never going to make it unless he and his partner (Otis Young) show the young screw-up one last good time.