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1989 · United States

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 127 min
Age rating: PG-13
Language: English
Country: United States
Violence: Mild

Why tonight?

Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.

The story

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!

saving the world
nazi
holy grail
venice
italy
entrapment
crusader
germany
riddle
brotherhood
zeppelin

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

John Rhys-Davies — Sallah
Julian Glover — Walter Donovan
River Phoenix — Young Indy
Michael Byrne — Vogel
Kevork Malikyan — Kazım
Robert Eddison — Grail Knight
Richard Young — Fedora
Alexei Sayle — Sultan
Alex Hyde-White — Young Henry
Paul Maxwell — Panama Hat
Isla Blair — Mrs. Donovan

Directed: Steven Spielberg
Written: George Lucas, Menno Meyjes, Jeffrey Boam

Production

Rating: 7.9 / 10 · 11,317 ratings
Studio: Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm Ltd.

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Where it starts.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 · You’re here
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.