The Last Cowboy (TV 2003)

After an eight year absence, a headstrong woman returns to her Texas home for her grandfather's funeral and locks horns with her father.

Director:

Joyce Chopra

Writer:

J.P. Martin

Stars:

Jennie Garth, Lance Henriksen, M.C. Gainey

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennie Garth	...	Jacqueline 'Jake' Cooper
Lance Henriksen	...	John William Cooper
M.C. Gainey	...	Amos Russell
Bradley Cooper	...	Morgan Murphy
Dylan Wagner	...	Billy
Muse Watson	...	Otis Bertram
John Vargas	...	Robert Sanchez
Eugene Osment	...	Alex Kerwin
Kelly Connell	...	Jack Wainwright
Kim Robillard	...	Ira Collins
Jack Lilley	...	Fuller
Lynn Wanlass	...	Irene
Katie Thatcher	...	Nurse
Harrison Young	...	Preacher
Ronn Iverson	...	Dabney

Storyline

John William 'Will' Cooper is a modern-day rancher, maintaining his ranch in hard times along with his friend and foreman Amos Russell. When Will's estranged daughter Jake returns to the ranch for her grandfather's funeral, father and daughter clash over how to run the ranch and over the death years before of Jake's mother, which she blames on Will. Crisis comes in the form of insurmountable debt, and it is only by working together that Will and Jake have any chance of saving their home and their family.

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Plot Keywords:

ranch | father | daughter | funeral | texas | 

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Genres:

Drama | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 January 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

El último cowboy

Filming Locations:

Del Mar, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alpine Medien Productions, Hallmark Entertainment, Larry Levinson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Typical Hallmark TV movie with a nice bright spot in M.C. Gainey

I watched the TV movie The Last Cowboy with very few expectations and ended up unimpressed.

It is the usual stressful father/daughter relationship who find out that the need to come together through the tough circumstances, including the loss of his wife and her mother and the possible loss of his farm. Lance Henriksen (The Right Stuff, Millennium) and 90210 alum Jennie Garth play the bickering father and daughter. They do as good a job as the material given to them.

The actor who really impressed me was M.C. Gainey. Playing the farm foreman and friend of Henriksen's character and a middleman between the father and daughter, it was nice to see Gainey in a role where he is basically a nice guy. Because of his physical presence, he typically plays gruff, villainous rednecks, bikers or criminals. Sometimes they are all the same character. His appearances in movies like Con Air and Breakdown and his role in "The Last Cowboy" shows that Gainey can play different types of roles and do it well when casting directors give him a chance.