The Last Tattoo

"Not all wars are fought on the Battlefield."

Feb 3 1995 N/A 1h 52m
Drama, Mystery, Romance

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.

Plot

During WW2 small nation of New Zealand is swarmed with U.S. servicemen who mingle with local female population. In such circumstances nurse Kelly Towne has got a difficult task of tracking down venereal diseases. She meets U.S. Marine Captain Michael Starwood who is investigating the murder of one U.S. servicemen.

Written by

Keith Aberdein

Directed by

John Reid

Cast

Desmond Kelly, Katie Wolfe, Mark Raffety

Crew

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Production Countries

New Zealand

Production Companies

Plumb Productions Ltd., Capella International

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins

Scores
# of Votes
281
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA