Wagon train survivors of an Apache attack entrust the sheriff's prisoner, scout Comanche Todd, with their lives despite his wanted-for-murder status.
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| Richard Widmark | ... | Comanche Todd | |
| Felicia Farr | ... | Jenny | |
| Susan Kohner | ... | Jolie Normand | |
| Tommy Rettig | ... | Billy | |
| Stephanie Griffin | ... | Valinda Normand | |
| Ray Stricklyn | ... | Clint | |
| Nick Adams | ... | Ridge | |
| Carl Benton Reid | ... | Gen. Howard | |
| Douglas Kennedy | ... | Col. Normand | |
| George Mathews | ... | Sheriff Bull Harper | |
| James Drury | ... | Lt. Kelly | |
| Ken Clark | ... | Sergeant | |
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Accused of murdering three of Sheriff Bull Harper's brothers, the Comanche-reared white man, "Comanche" Todd, is captured and dragged to trial. Cautiously, as the two men ride across hostile Apache territory, they will join Colonel Normand's wagon train of women and children, only to be ambushed and massacred by the Indians whose families were slaughtered by the whites. Now, the few survivors have no other choice but to trust their dubious protector, Todd, as hundreds of vengeful Apaches track them down, thirsting for blood. Can they make it out alive? Written by Nick Riganas
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apache territory | apache | arizona | arizona territory | indian massacre |Taglines:
Nothing could stop the last wagon from coming through! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
21 September 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,670,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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3 Channel Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (5.0) (L-R)Color:
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2.35 : 1
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Col. Normand: He's safe in your custody, I suppose. It's just that we got women and children with us.
Sheriff Bull Harper: He'll be safe. The first time he don't look safe, he'll get dead.
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Average Shot Length = ~6.7 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.1 seconds. Both values are fast for a reasonably early CinemaScope film. See more »Goofs
During the last third of the film, Tommy Rettig's hair goes from being long and fair, with a fringe, to being short and dark and brushed back and then back again on two occasions. See more »Quotes
[after capturing Todd, Sheriff Harper offers to join Colonel Normand's wagon train]Col. Normand: He's safe in your custody, I suppose. It's just that we got women and children with us.
Sheriff Bull Harper: He'll be safe. The first time he don't look safe, he'll get dead.
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Opening credits prologue: 1873 Arizona Territory See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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"The Last Wagon" is the very first movie I ever went nuts over; and I've been a movie fan ever since. I was nine and I didn't even want to go to the movies that Saturday night. But my parents wanted to see "Bus Stop" and they didn't want to get a baby sitter for me and my three year old brother, so they dragged us along. But they had made a mistake when reading the starting times of the films and when we got to the theater, "The Last Wagon", not "Bus Stop" was starting. From the moment Richard Widmark shot the first bad guy even before the opening credits and the enveloping overture, I was hooked on him, the western scenery, the action, the anthropological dramatization of Comanche vs. Apache tribal hostilities at the same time that all Native American cultures were being wiped out by encroaching white "civilization", and the enthralling background music. When the co-feature of "Bus Stop" concluded, I wanted to stay to see "The Last Wagon" again. My parents had to drag me out.