The Last Day (TV 1975)

A retired gunman is forced to take up his weapons again when an outlaw gang robs the town banks.

Director:

Vincent McEveety

Writers:

Jim Byrnes, Steve Fisher (screenplay),

Stars:

Richard Widmark, Barbara Rush, Robert Conrad

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Widmark	...	Will Spence
Barbara Rush	...	Betty Spence
Robert Conrad	...	Bob Dalton
Richard Jaeckel	...	Grat Dalton
Tim Matheson	...	Emmet Dalton
Christopher Connelly	...	Dick Broadwell
Tom Skerritt	...	Bill Powers
Loretta Swit	...	Daisy
Gene Evans	...	Marshal Connelly
Morgan Woodward	...	Ransom Payne
Kathleen Cody	...	Julia Johnson
William Bramley	...	Oates
Rex Holman	...	Munson
Logan Ramsey	...	Riley
Warren Vanders	...	Docken

Storyline

A retired gunman is forced to take up his weapons again when an outlaw gang robs the town banks.

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Plot Keywords:

bank robbery | gunfighter | robbery

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Genres:

Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 February 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der letzte Ritt der Daltons

Company Credits

Production Co:

A.C. Lyles Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Grat Dawson: Those boys are real killers...backshooters most likely. Listen, they would stand as good a chance against Will Spence as a bunch of worm-eaten apples hanging in a high wind.

User Reviews

Best Movie on the Dalton Gang's Bank Robbery in Coffeyville, KS

'The Last Day' is the best dramatization of the Dalton Gang's attempt to rob two banks at the same time on Oct. 5, 1892 in Coffeyville, Kansas. Will Spence is a fictitious character. Spence brings in the citizen aspect of rallying the local citizens to stop the bank robbery. The citizens were the real defenders of the town. The made for TV show does a good job of following the Dalton Gang to the climatic end. A few other characters are fictitious as are some situations leading up to the bank robbery.

Bill Kurtis is making a documentary for the series 'Investigating History' on the History Channel concerning the Dalton Gang. It is planned to be shown sometime in the fall of 2004.

Beginning about 1990 the community of Coffeyville, Kansas started commemorating the Dalton Gang's attempted bank robbery on a weekend closest to the Oct. 5th, 1892 anniversary. A reenactment is presented by local citizens of the attempted bank robbery. The original Condon Bank building still exists. There is a Dalton Museum a block from the bank.