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Genre: Western
Duration: 112 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Stars: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas and Dorothy Malone
IMDb score:
6,7 (3.625)
Releasedate: 8 June 1961
The Last Sunset plot
"When giants clash, a woman trembles!"
Wanted outlaw Brendan 'Ben' O'Malley flees to Mexico. Ben seeks shelter at the ranch of his childhood sweetheart Belle Breckenridge. Sheriff Dana Stribling is chasing Ben. Ben, meanwhile, has promised rancher and alcoholic John Breckenridge to escort his wife Belle and daughter Melissa and their employees to Texas with their herd of cattle. Dana joins the group, partly because he has no arrest warrant in Mexico and can keep an eye on Ben. On the way, John is killed in a cantina. Ben was already in love with Belle, but Dana will be too. Complications are inevitable and things get even more complicated when Melissa falls in love with Ben, who could be her father's age.
Actors and actresses
Dana Stribling
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Belle Breckenridge
John Breckenridge
Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge
Frank Hobbs
Milton Wing
Julesburg Kid (as Rad Fulton)
Calverton
Ed Hobbs
Reviews & comments

Barfly
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- 1861 messages
- 1708 votes
Het einde was behoorlijk getelefoneerd, maar niettemin het enige juiste einde, gezien de ontwikkelingen ervoor. De film boeit door de spanningen tussen de vier hoofdrolspelers en het goede spel van die vier. De bandieten, de indianen en het drijven van het vee zijn leuke afleidingen. Heel gek, maar die studio-opnames vond ik wel wat hebben... het zag er zeer sfeervol uit, ook al weet je dat je erg opzichtig voor de gek wordt gehouden. Niet de eerste western met een zingende Douglas... ik hou er niet van, maar Douglas weet zelfs dat soort dingen iets extra's te geven waardoor het niet irritant wordt. Hudson als tegenspeler werkte erg goed. Hij speelt iets onderkoelt, waardoor de extravagante Douglas volop kan gloreren.
The ending was pretty telephoned, but nevertheless the only right ending, given the developments before it.
The film is fascinating because of the tensions between the four protagonists and the good performances of those four. The bandits, the Indians and the cattle herding are nice distractions. Very strange, but I thought there was something about those studio recordings... it looked very atmospheric, even though you know you are being fooled in a very ostentatious way.
Not the first western with a singing Douglas... I don't like it, but Douglas knows how to give even that kind of thing something extra so that it doesn't become annoying.
Hudson as an opponent worked very well. He plays a bit understated, allowing the extravagant Douglas to fully shine.


scorsese
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- 11576 messages
- 10067 votes
Goeie film over een outlaw die onderdak zoekt bij een vrouw die hij eens lief had. De onderlinge verhoudingen tussen de personages zijn goed uitgewerkt, en hier zit dan ook voornamelijk de spanning van de film. De goeie cast draagt daar zeker aan bij. Zoals de meeste Hollywood westerns uit die tijd, ziet deze er ook weer prima uit.
Good film about an outlaw who seeks shelter with a woman he once loved. The relationships between the characters are well developed, and this is where the tension of the film lies mainly. The good cast certainly contributes to this. Like most Hollywood westerns from that era, this one looks great.


Brendanh29
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- 107 messages
- 0 votes
Ik heb genoten van deze film het is best een simpel en komisch voor een old cowboy western film, de twist tegen het einde van de film was hilarisch ergens zag ik dat gewoon aankomen en dat deerde me niet. Douglas die probeert te intimideren werkt gewoon niet met zijn lichaam komt nogal raar over, en tegelijk met de kleding die hij aan had een beetje homoachtig niet zeker het juiste woord dandy misschien?, misschien werkte dat wel in die periode of toen die film gemaakt werkt maar nu niet echt.
I enjoyed this film, it's quite simple and comical for an old cowboy western film, the twist towards the end of the film was hilarious, somehow I just saw it coming and it didn't bother me.
Douglas trying to intimidate just doesn't work with his body it comes across as quite strange, and at the same time with the clothes he was wearing a bit gay-ish, not sure the right word dandy maybe?, maybe that worked in that period or when that film was made. but not really now.

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