Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

PG-13

1989

2h 7m

Adventure

Action

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An art collector appeals to Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure in heart.

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Critics Consensus

Lighter and more comedic than its predecessor, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade returns the series to the brisk serial adventure of Raiders, while adding a dynamite double act between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

05/01/2023

3.5/4

As I watched it, I felt a real delight, because recent Hollywood escapist movies have become too jaded and cynical, and they have lost the feeling that you can stumble over astounding adventures just by going on a hike with your Scout troop.

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Caryn James

New York Times

05/01/2023

Of the three Jones films, The Last Crusade may well become the sentimental favorite, the Indiana to end them all.

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Harper Barnes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

05/01/2023

You suspect this movie Is going to be a great deal of fun from the very beginning, when River Phoenix, as the young Indiana Jones, snatches a jeweled cross from grave robbers and flees with it.

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Lewis Glazebrook

Screen Rant

Jun 16

8/10

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade remains my favorite in the franchise thanks to its central duo, strong action scenes, and compelling story.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

04/06/2025

5/5

...a rightfully beloved film, a classic story of humble, heroic virtues against moronic, hive-mind evil…Among the action-set-pieces and last-minute rescues, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade ingeniously has its cake and eats it when it comes to belief...

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

07/07/2023

3.5/4

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade closed the decade in style.

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Samuel G

@RT40782160 Apr 22

I might say that I saw the parts of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on AMC Network, with a scene Dr Jones Sr. asked Jr., "You called this archeology?"

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Ben W

@Username618 Apr 18

Thoroughly enjoyed.

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Adam D.

@biga488 Apr 16

This movie is in my top 5 of all time! Watched it again this week for the first time in a long time with my fiancé. It’s still sooooo good and holds up after all this time! I never realized how brilliant it was to cast Sean Connery as an old bumbling professor. All acting is outstanding in this film. “Genius of the restoration…”

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Joe L

@Hoagie1013 Apr 10

Easily best one of the series.

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Vince C

@RT34940730 Apr 7

Refreshing initially and especially after temple of doom, but its Pythonesque holy grail ending was always moronic, and worse at every viewing. Everyone who lives south of Marseille or East of the Rhine is either a psychopath or eats monkey brains for breakfast?

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Mark H

@RT29813375 Apr 6

After the subterranean and dark Temple of Doom, Steven Spielberg returns to a re-working of the successful Raiders film. And it works a treat. The film is set in the late Thirties prior to the outbreak of war and the villains are again the nazis. Oh and an urbane, sophisticated and thoroughly ruthless entrepreneur who craves immortality (played superbly by Julian Glover), pretty much cut and pasted from Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. The opening scene works well in establishing what turns the Young Indy (played by River Phoenix) in to Indiana Jones the man. Fedora and all. From there the film just gets better with ingredients that worked well from the Raiders film being enhanced. When Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) says make it two in regard air tickets to the adventure I smiled. Sallah (John Rhys- Davies) makes a welcome return and the icing on the cake is the addition of Dr Jones Sr (Sean Connery). There is some great interplay between father and son Indiana (Harrison Ford). Brilliant.

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Steven Spielberg

Director

Harrison Ford

Dr. Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr.

Sean Connery

Professor Henry Jones, Sr.

Denholm Elliott

Marcus Brody

Alison Doody

Dr. Elsa Schneider

John Rhys-Davies

Sallah

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Synopsis

An art collector appeals to Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure in heart.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Robert Watts
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Boam, George Lucas, Menno Meyjes
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm Ltd.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 24, 1989, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jun 14, 2025
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 28, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $195.1M
Runtime: 2h 7m
Sound Mix: Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Dolby Stereo, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)