The Last Sunset( 1961)

TV-MAWesternDrama

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When giants clash, a woman trembles!

Overview

Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O'Malley's heels is lawman Dana Stribling who has a personal reason for getting him back into his jurisdiction. Both men join Breckenridge and his wife on the drive. As they near Texas tensions mount, not least because Stribling is starting to court Belle, and O'Malley is increasingly drawn by her daughter Missy.

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Rock Hudson
Dana Stribling
Kirk Douglas
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Dorothy Malone
Belle Breckenridge
Joseph Cotten
John Breckenridge
Carol Lynley
Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge
Neville Brand
Frank Hobbs
Regis Toomey
Milton Wing
James Westmoreland
Julesburg Kid (as Rad Fulton)
Adam Williams
Calverton
Jack Elam
Ed Hobbs
John Shay
Bowman

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Thu May 18 2017

Well, you see cowboys aren't very bright. They're always broke and generally they're drunk. The Last Sunset is directed by Robert Aldrich and adapted by Dalton Trumbo from Howard Rigsby's novel Sundown at Crazy Horse. It stars Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotton and Carol Lynley. In support are Jack Elam, Neville Brand & James Westmoreland. The music score is by Ernest Gold, with contributions from Dimitri Tiomkin & Tomás Méndez, and Ernest Laszlo is the cinematographer. It's shot in Eastman Color by Pathe, with the locations for the shoot being Aguascalientes & Distrito...