The Last Posse

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The Last Posse
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Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Screenplay by Seymour Bennett
Connie Lee Bennett
Kenneth Gamet
Story bySeymour 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
  • July 4, 1953 (1953-07-04)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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Plot

When an anxiously awaited posse returns with neither prisoners nor the stolen money, flashbacks of three different characters, what took place. Having been cheated by Sampson Drune, Art Romer, his brother George and his son Art have robbed him and fled. A posse led by Drune took off after them and although unwanted, the town's drunken sheriff John Frazier joined them. John's influence on Jed Clayton, 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

Reception

FilmInk called it "interesting, complex, tough". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 The Last Posse at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ↑ The Last Posse film article at Turner Classic Movies
  3. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (November 5, 2024). "The Cinema of John Derek, Movie Star". Filmink. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
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