Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (TV 1990)

James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the US Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 TV series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf (Joe Lara) who has taken his ... See full summary »

Director:

Charles Correll

Writer:

Earl W. Wallace

Stars:

James Arness, Richard Kiley, Amy Stock-Poynton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Arness	...	Matt Dillon
Richard Kiley	...	Chalk Brighton
Amy Stock-Poynton	...	Beth Yardner
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Bodine
Joe Lara	...	Wolf
Sam Vlahos	...	Tomas
Hugh O'Brian	...	Gen. Nelson Miles
Michael Learned	...	Mike Yardner
Peter Murnik	...	Lt. Davis
Robert Covarrubias	...	Bartender
Ned Bellamy	...	Capt. Harris
Dave Florek	...	Smiley
Joaquín Martínez	...	Geronimo (as Joaquin Martinez)
Kevin Sifuentes	...	Nachite
Robert Brian Wilson	...	Corporal

Storyline

James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the US Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 TV series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf (Joe Lara) who has taken his daughter captive. As a bargaining chip, Dillon helps two sons of Apache chief Geronimo out of the fort stockade and offers them in trade. Dillon is aided by an Army scout, Chalk Brighton (Kiley).

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Plot Keywords:

marshal | u.s. marshal | desert | shootout | quick draw | 

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Genres:

Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 March 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der letzte Apache

Filming Locations:

Alamo Village - Highway 674, Brackettville, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Entertainment Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994)

User Reviews

Vintage Gunsmoke

Cspaced1 - you took the words right out of my mouth: "I liked this movie." Not a classic, but it has enough adventure and emotion to draw you in and hold you to the end.

Unlike Cspaced1, I do remember the Gunsmoke series. I sat and watched the original, half-hour series with my father and my brother, and I found this movie to be a good use for the character of Matt Dillion. The story line is vintage Gunsmoke. It has its quiet moments and its violent moments; it has joy and it has sadness.

As nice as the picture is, I found the writers succumbing to today's tendency for some senseless violence. In the opening scenes of the movie, Matt goes to pick up a letter, and in the process he kills two men who clearly needed killing. But these killings didn't contribute anything to the story. They just hung there. Dillion could have just as easily picked up his letter and left. I find it somewhat disturbing that writers feel they have to do this.

The only thing I found left unsaid in the end is what Matt did after he parted from Wolf. Did he return to his daughter, or did he ride off. The viewer is left hanging in this regard.