The Last Tattoo

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The Last Tattoo
Directed byJohn Reid
Written byKeith Aberdein
Produced byNeville Carson
Bill Gavin
Starring Kerry Fox
Tony Goldwyn
Robert Loggia
John Bach
Rod Steiger
CinematographyJohn Blick
Edited byJohn Scott
Music by John Charles
Production
company
Plumb Productions
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
112 min.
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

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

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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]

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