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The End

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The End

Are there laughs before death?

5.5

1h 40m

1978

“Are there laughs before death?”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Burt Reynolds

Trailer

Comedy

dark comedyterminal illnessmental patientsuicidal thoughtscontemplating suicideabsurdhilariouswhimsicalsarcastic

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Cast & Crew

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

as Wendell Sonny Lawson

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise

as Marlon Borunki

Sally Field

Sally Field

as Mary Ellen

Strother Martin

Strother Martin

as Dr. Waldo Kling

David Steinberg

David Steinberg

as Marty Lieberman

Joanne Woodward

Joanne Woodward

as Jessica Lawson

Norman Fell

Norman Fell

as Dr. Samuel Krugman

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

as Maureen Lawson

Kristy McNichol

Kristy McNichol

as Julie Lawson

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