Film

The End

1978 · 1h 40m · Comedy

Are there laughs before death?

IMDb

6.1

Rotten Tomatoes

56%

Metacritic

46

Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.

Burt Reynolds

Wendell Sonny Lawson

Dom DeLuise

Marlon Borunki

Sally Field

Mary Ellen

Strother Martin

Dr. Waldo Kling

David Steinberg

Marty Lieberman

Joanne Woodward

Jessica Lawson

Norman Fell

Dr. Samuel Krugman

Myrna Loy

Maureen Lawson

Kristy McNichol

Julie Lawson

Pat O'Brien

Ben Lawson

Robby Benson

Father Dave Benson

Carl Reiner

Dr. James Maneet

Louise LeTourneau

Receptionist

Bill Ewing

Hearse Driver

Robert Rothwell

Limousine Driver

Patrick Moody

Old Man's Son

• Burt ReynoldsDirector
• Jerry BelsonScreenplay
• Lawrence GordonProducer
• Hank MoonjeanExecutive Producer
• Bobby ByrneDirector of Photography
• Paul WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
• Donn CambernEditor
• Jane FeinbergCasting
• Mike FentonCasting

The End (1978) Original Trailer [FHD]

Release date

May 10, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$45,000,000

Genres

Comedy

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