The Last Tattoo

The Last Tattoo

Not all wars are fought on the Battlefield.

1994 · 113 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama, Crime

In 1943, U.S. marines are stationed near Wellington. One of them is murdered by the boss of the Hotel Workers Union, who is sitting pretty, exempt from military service and living it up on black market profits. Girls under the control of the union - of whom the victim's fiancee, Rose, is one - give sexual favours to the Americans, in return for information. The marine assigned to investigate the murder, tries to find Rose through a public health nurse who traces VD infections. However they discover there it more going on than they realized, involving a conspiracy amongst the Union, the government and the U.S. military.

Directed by John Reid · Written by Keith Aberdein

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Tony Goldwyn Captain Mike Starwood
Kerry Fox Kelly Towne
Robert Loggia Colonel Conrad Dart
Rod Steiger General Frank W. Zane
John Bach Austen Leech
Timothy Balme Jim Mitchell
Tony Barry James Carroll
Peter Hambleton Peter Davis
Elizabeth Hawthorne Henrietta Simpson
Michelle Huirama Grace Raukawa
Desmond Kelly Monty McGurr
Martyn Sanderson Ralph Simpson

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