The Last Posse is a 1953 American Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Charles Bickford and Wanda Hendrix.[1][2]
| The Last Posse | |
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| Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
| Screenplay by | Seymour Bennett Connie Lee Bennett Kenneth Gamet |
| Story by | Seymour Bennett Connie Lee Bennett |
| Produced by | Harry Joe Brown |
| Starring | Broderick Crawford John Derek Charles Bickford Wanda Hendrix |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey |
| Edited by | Gene Havlick |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editWhen the anxiously awaited posse returns with neither prisoners nor the stolen money, we learn through flashbacks from three different characters, what took place. Having been cheated by Sampson Drune, a father and his two sons have robbed him and fled. A posse led by Drune took off after them and although unwanted, the town's drunken Sheriff joined them. The Sheriff's influence on Jed, the adopted son of Drune, is the key to Jed later revealing who killed Drune, the robbers, and what happened to the money.[1]
Cast
edit- Broderick Crawford as Sheriff John Frazier
- John Derek as Jed Clayton
- Charles Bickford as Sampson Drune
- Wanda Hendrix as Deborah
- Warner Anderson as Robert Emerson
- Henry Hull as Ollie Stokely
- Will Wright as Todd Mitchell
- Tom Powers as Frank White
- Raymond Greenleaf as Arthur Hagan
- James Kirkwood as Judge Parker
- Eddy Waller as Dr. Pryor
- Skip Homeier as Art Romer
- James Bell as Will Romer
- Guy Wilkerson as George Romer
Reception
editFilmink called it "interesting, complex, tough".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b The Last Posse at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ The Last Posse film article at Turner Classic Movies
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (November 5, 2024). "The Cinema of John Derek, Movie Star". Filmink. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
External links
edit- The Last Posse at IMDb
- The Last Posse at AllMovie
- The Last Posse at the TCM Movie Database
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