The Last Sunset (1961)

Regisseur:

Robert Aldrich

Drehbuchautoren:

Howard Rigsby (novel)
Dalton Trumbo (written by)

Premierendatum:

7. Juni 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to...

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | Quicksand | Sheriff | Dust Storm | Cockfight

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Kirk Rocks

Besetzung

Rock Hudson	...	Dana Stribling
Kirk Douglas	...	Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Dorothy Malone	...	Belle Breckenridge
Joseph Cotten	...	John Breckenridge
Carol Lynley	...	Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge
Neville Brand	...	Frank Hobbs
Regis Toomey	...	Milton Wing
James Westmoreland	...	Julesburg Kid (as Rad Fulton)
Adam Williams	...	Calverton
Jack Elam	...	Ed Hobbs
John Shay	...	Bowman

Alternativ:

Sundown at Crazy Horse (USA) (working title)
The Day of the Gun (USA) (working title)
The Hot Eye of Heaven (USA) (working title)
El Perdido (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

112 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Spanisch | Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Eastmancolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Norway:12 | West Germany:12 (f) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Drehorte:

Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Firma:

Brynaprod S.A.

Pannen:

Geographische Fehler: This film takes place from Mexico to Texas. There are Joshua trees in the film and Joshua trees are indigenous to the Mohave Desert region of California, Arizona and Nevada only. There are none in Texas.

Dialogzitate:

Dana Stribling: I'm gonna see that you hang, O'Malley
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley: Oh, hanging is a long time proposition.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)

Soundtrack:

Pretty Little Girl In The Yellow Dress

Kirk Rocks

As always an incredible performance by Kirk Douglas as an outlaw/ drifter on a quest to meet his great love. He's being chased by a Texas lawman played by Rock Hudson. Despite the venue, horses, cattle drive and Mexicans this isn't really a western IMHO. It's a love story draped with western gear. Jack Elam & Neville Brand are essentially wasted. Joseph Cotten as the husband of Douglas' lost love is a sympathetic drunk who gets the kind of back draw justice you might in a Mexican bar. Carol Lynley is beautiful as Dorothy Malone's daughter and Kirk's replacement love interest. The tale feels like it has Biblical elements to it on it's most important level. Ultimately it's worth watching for Kirk's performance whether angry, charming or in love. The crime of which he is accused is clearly just a plot device to get everybody together. I just kept wondering how hot it must be dressed in black in Mexico on a cattle drive?