The Last Frontier (1955)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Writers:

Richard Emery Roberts (novel)
Philip Yordan (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

23 January 1956 (Portugal)

Genre:

History | Western

Plot:

Crude and uncivilized backwoods trapper Jed Cooper and his two partners sign up as scouts in a remote Oregon army fort...

Plot Keywords:

Fort | Battle | Raid | Fur Trapper | Drunkenness

Cast

Victor Mature	...	Jed Cooper
Guy Madison	...	Captain Glenn Riordan
Robert Preston	...	Col. Frank Marston
James Whitmore	...	Gus
Anne Bancroft	...	Corinna Marston
Russell Collins	...	Captain Phil Clarke
Peter Whitney	...	Sergeant Major Decker
Pat Hogan	...	Mungo

Also Known As:

Savage Wilderness (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-12 | USA:Approved (PCA #17512) | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

James Whitmore plays Victor Mature's father figure, and helped raise him, in the film, despite the fact that Mature was actually eight years older than Whitmore.

Quotes:

[a band of heretofore friendly Indians have just taken the trappers' rifles and furs]
Jed Cooper: We never fished nor killed any more than we could eat. And we're not Blue Coats. Why are they taking it out on us?
Gus: Civilization.
Jed Cooper: Civilization?
Gus: Civilization is creepin' up on us, lads. The Blue Coats aren't satisfied with gobblin' up all the lands east of the 'Sippi. No, they won't stop till they've pushed us over the Rockies and into the Pacific Ocean. It's a drownin' fate that awaits us all. These are calamitous times, Jed, calamitous times.

Soundtrack:

The Last Frontier

there's lots to like about this western

this is another good western,which i enjoyed.it's not an epic or anything,but it is good for what it is.it' about 3 fur trappers,led by a men named Jed,who is crude and uncivilized.Jed and his two friends find themselves as scouts for a fort that is the only thing standing between them and and Indian band,who resent the Americans on their land,and want to take it back.that's the gist of the story.what follows is action,excitement,even a bit of humour,and forbidden romance.one of Jed's friends,Gus,reminded me a lot of the character Quint(played by Robert Shaw)in the movie Jaws.they both have that crusty,gruff demeanor.anyway,if you're a western fan,you should find lots to like about this particular entry.i think it deserves a 7/10