The Last Outlaw
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Christy Cabanne
Harry Carey
Hoot Gibson
Tom Tyler
Henry B. Walthall
Margaret Callahan
Film Details
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Synopsis
After serving twenty-five years in prison, reformed "Wild West" bank robber Dean Payton receives a gubernatorial pardon and is released. Upon leaving prison, Dean returns to his favorite town, which is now a bustling Western city, and looks up Calvin Yates, the sheriff responsible for his capture and later for his pardon. While waiting to see Calvin, who has been demoted to Under Sheriff, Dean meets Sally Mason, whose adopted father, Dr. Charles Mason, is another friend from the "old days." Later, Dean learns that Sally is actually his own daughter who was adopted by Mason after Dean's wife died. Overwhelmed by the hectic, noisy atmosphere of the city, Dean finds a "back room" poker game, which is being observed by Chuck Wilson, a local rancher. When Chuck accuses a cardsharp of dealing "off the bottom" and cheating Dean, a brawl, inflamed by the feisty Dean, ensues. Afterward, Dean takes Chuck to have his black eye treated by Mason and introduces him to Sally in the hope that she will lose her interest in Arthur Billings, the pompous "new style" sheriff. Dean, Sally, Mason and Chuck then go to see The Heart of the Plains , a western movie whose noisy soundtrack and singing cowboy star both amaze and repel Dean. After spending a day at Chuck's ranch with Dean, Sally and her father are called to treat a gunshot patient who is part of a gang of robbers headed by Al Goss. Sure that Sally and Mason will expose the gang to the police, Al shoots Mason, takes Sally hostage and robs a bank. During the subsequent car chase with police, Dean is arrested and the gang escapes with Sally. While the inept Sheriff Billings uses "modern" methods to capture the gangsters, Dean, who has been released from jail by Calvin, relies on his past experiences to track down and outsmart them. Aided by Calvin and Chuck on horseback, Dean eventually overwhelms the gang in the same "back hills" cabin where Calvin had captured him years before, and rescues Sally, who then learns that Dean is her real father. Now the local hero, Calvin announces that he is putting Dean on the sheriff's payroll, while Sally and Chuck seal their love with a kiss.
Director
Christy Cabanne
Cast
Harry Carey
Hoot Gibson
Tom Tyler
Henry B. Walthall
Margaret Callahan
Ray Mayer
Harry Jans
Frank M. Thomas
Russell Hopton
Frank Jenks
Maxine Jennings
Fred Scott
Crew
Jimmy Anderson
Samuel J. Briskin
E. Murray Campbell
Alberto Colombo
Denzil A. Cutler
John Ford
Feild Gray
George Hively
Frank Luther
Jack Mackenzie
Van Nest Polglase
Nathaniel Shilkret
Robert Sisk
Jack Townley
John Twist
Film Details
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Notes
The working title of this film was The Last of the Bad Men. Hollywood Reporter production charts add Jimmy Burtis, Bentley Hewlett, Alan Curtis, Ethel Wales, Montague Shaw, Harry Depp and Pardner Jones, but their participation in the final film has not been confirmed. Many reviewers commented on the film's "updating" of standard western plot devices and its mixture of western and gangster motifs.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1936
Released in United States March 1977
Released in United States March 1977 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Treasures from UCLA Archives) March 9-27, 1977.)
Released in United States 1936
