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The Last Tattoo
The Last Tattoo
Directed by	John Reid
Written by	Keith Aberdein
Produced by	Neville Carson; Bill Gavin
Starring	Kerry Fox; Tony Goldwyn; Robert Loggia; John Bach; Rod Steiger
Cinematography	John Blick
Edited by	John Scott
Music by	John Charles
Production; companies	Plumb Productions; Capella Films; New Zealand Film Commission
Distributed by	Castle Hill Productions (USA)
Release dates	15 May 1994 (Cannes Film Festival (Market)); 3 February 1995 (New Zealand);
Running time	112 minutes
Country	New Zealand
Language	English

The Last Tattoo is a 1994 feature film set in World War II-era Wellington, New Zealand.^[1] ^[2]^[3]

Plot

While tracking down cases of venereal disease associated with a local prostitute, Kelly Towne, a public health nurse, meets U.S. Marine Captain Michael Starwood, who is investigating the murder of one of the U.S. servicemen who have been on leave from their nearby camp during World War II.^[2]

Cast

Tony Goldwyn as Capt. Michael Starwood
Kerry Fox as Kelly Towne
Robert Loggia as Cmdr. Conrad Dart
John Bach as Austin Leech
Rod Steiger as Gen. Frank Zane
Katie Wolfe as Rose Mitchell
Desmond Kelly as Monty McGurr
Mark Raffety as Johnny O'Rourke
Elizabeth Hawthorne as Henrietta Simpson
Danielle Cormack as Molly
Peter Hambleton as Peter Davis
Tony Barry as James Patrick Carroll
William Kircher as Gibbon
Tim Balme as Jim Mitchell
Martyn Sanderson as Ralph Simpson
Theresa Healey as Cora Bell
Don Selwyn as Bill Davin
Jed Brophy as Furlough Guard
Hilary Halba as Committee Woman
Robyn Malcolm as Working Girl
Ben Fransham as Dancing Sailor

Reviews

1994: Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement.^[3]
1994: Variety review.^[4]
1995: featured in New Zealand's contribution to the British Film Institute's Century of Cinema series - Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill.^[5]

References

^ Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove. Auckland; Melbourne; Oxford :Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2023. ISBN 0-19-558336-1
^ ^a ^b "The Last Tattoo". NZ On Screen. 1994. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Murray, Scott (April 1994). "A Short History of Film in New Zealand 1977-1994". (Issuu pp 61,65,81). No. 97–98. Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement. pp. 15, 19, 35. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ Stratton, David (6 June 1994). "The Last Tattoo". Variety. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ "Cinema of Unease". NZ On Screen. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

External links

The Last Tattoo at IMDb

[MAR-1] Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove. Auckland; Melbourne; Oxford :Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2023. ISBN 0-19-558336-1

[NZOS-2] "The Last Tattoo". NZ On Screen. 1994. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[NZCP-3] Murray, Scott (April 1994). "A Short History of Film in New Zealand 1977-1994". (Issuu pp 61,65,81). No. 97–98. Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement. pp. 15, 19, 35. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

[VAR-4] Stratton, David (6 June 1994). "The Last Tattoo". Variety. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[nzonscreen-5] "Cinema of Unease". NZ On Screen. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

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