

The End
1978 · Movie · 1h 40m · R
Comedy
"Are there laughs before death?"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
46/100
Key crew
- Burt ReynoldsDirector
- Jerry BelsonScreenplay
- Paul WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Burt ReynoldsWendell Sonny Lawson
- Dom DeLuiseMarlon Borunki
- Sally FieldMary Ellen
- Strother MartinDr. Waldo Kling
- David SteinbergMarty Lieberman
- Joanne WoodwardJessica Lawson
- Norman FellDr. Samuel Krugman
- Myrna LoyMaureen Lawson
- Kristy McNicholJulie Lawson
- Pat O'BrienBen Lawson
- Robby BensonFather Dave Benson
- Carl ReinerDr. James Maneet
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Themes
dark comedyterminal illnessmental patientsuicidal thoughtscontemplating suicideabsurdhilariouswhimsicalsarcastic























