The Last Wagon
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| The Last Wagon | |
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 DVD Cover for The Last Wagon |
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| Directed by | Delmer Daves |
| Produced by | William B. Hawks |
| Written by | James Edward Grant |
| Starring | Richard Widmark Felicia Farr Tommy Rettig Nick Adams Ray Stricklyn |
| Music by | Lionel Newman |
| Cinematography | Wilfred M. Cline |
| Editing by | Hugh S. Fowler |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1956 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Last Wagon is a 1956 western film that tells of "Comanche Todd", a half-breed scout wanted for murder and now on his way to be hanged. It stars Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Tommy Rettig, Nick Adams and Ray Stricklyn. A unique story line elevates this film's plot from the usual "good guy/bad guy" western film.
Filmed in part in Arizona's Sedonah area, Yavapai County, as a Cinemascope project.
Original music by Lionel Newman, longtime conductor and music supervisor for both film and TV.
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[edit] Synopsis
The Last Wagon is a tale about Comanche Todd, a white man, raised as a Comanche, enroute to his murder trial for killing the three white men that murdered his squaw wife and sons. When an Apache raid attacks the wagon train he is traveling in and kills everyone, except him and a group of young people out midnight swimming, "Comanche Todd" finds he is resented by some members of the surviving party. Brother and sister Billy and Jenny accept him without question and trust him to lead them to safety, but Todd must choose between the freedom that fortune has handed him and delivering the youths safely home, amidst an Apache uprising that has surrounded them.
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Richard Widmark | Comanche Todd |
| Felicia Farr | Jenny |
| Tommy Rettig | Billy |
| Nick Adams | Ridge |
| Ray Stricklyn | Clint |
| Susan Kohner | Jolie Normand |
| Stephanie Griffin | Valinda Normand |
| Carl Benton Reid | General Howard |
| Douglas Kennedy | Col. Normand |
| George Mathews | Sheriff Bull Harper |
| James Drury | Lt. Kelly |
[edit] DVD version
The DVD edition was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in May of 2006 and features both wide-screen and full-screen editions of the film, as well as the theatrical trailer, production stills, behind-the-scenes stills and posters.
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