The Last Sunset (1961)

08/06/1961 (US)•Western, Drama•1h 52m

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When giants clash, a woman trembles!

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At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.

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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
Adam Williams
Calverton

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A review by John Chard

8.0

Written by John Chard on 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 & Distrit...