
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceForget about Freudian Westerns - this one owes more to Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. |
| User ReviewJohn YA fun, classic, old western with lots of action, drama and even a twist at the end. |
| User ReviewAshley HThe Last Sunset is an excellent film. It is about Brendan O'Malley who 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. Rock Hudson and Kirk Douglas give amazing performances. The screenplay is well written. Robert Aldrich did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the action and adventure. The Last Sunset is a must see. |
| User Reviewjay nIf Douglas Sirk directed a western, this would be it. Features bizarre homo-eroticism, incest, and just overall strange moments. |
| User ReviewSylvester EI watched this film for the first time on, Saturday. And I;ll tell you what, it's one that I won't soon forget. It deals with some "mature" matters that may not be good for the kids, but in all, it's a good film... |
| User ReviewZoran SA curious melodrama/ Western. It's not entirely successful but Alrdich's direction is excellent. The showdown at the end is quite impressive. |
| User ReviewNate TStarts off with a lot of silly dialogue but corrects the matter within the first 30 minutes. The rest of the film is an enjoyable western romp with the stars. |
| User ReviewAdam DLeonard Maltin's review of this film started with "Strange on the range" and he wasn't too far off. Director Robert Aldrich had a penchant for making offbeat films in familiar genres, from "Kiss Me Deadly" to "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane." In this western, outlaw Kirk Douglas and lawman Rock Hudson play a game of cat and mouse, with Hudson determined to bring in Douglas. That part of the story isn't that strange, but when you throw in elements of incest, Douglas' philosophizing and other dark elements, especially the ending, you get something rather unique and that stands out from the pack. It's not exactly an art-house western, but it's certainly offbeat and a non-typical western. The film was scripted by Dalton Trumbo who'd only recently been able to get off the Hollywood Blacklist for refusing to name names during the communist witch hunts of the 50s. It was Douglas who broke the Hollywood Blacklist by giving Trumbo on screen credit for his production of "Spartacus". With Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten and Jack Elam in supporting roles, this is a western certainly worth checking out for fans of the genre. |
| User ReviewSteven PEnjoyed this. A couple of twists, but not really surprised. |
| User ReviewDeb SThe story is quite ordinary and the over-riding theme in this western of honour is nothing new, but it is a very well made film and doesn't disappoint - especially with Rock Hudson and Kirk Douglas both trying to steal the limelight. |