Main Cast: Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, James Whitmore, Anne Bancroft
Release Year: 1955
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
Plot
Victor Mature is in rare form in this otherwise uneven cavalry Western about a trapper who prevents a Little Big Horn-type disaster. Having been robbed of a year's worth of skins by marauding Indians, Jed Cooper (Mature), Gus Hideout (James Whitmore), and Mungo (Pat Hogan) sign on at a nearby fort. Jed, however, falls in love with Corinna (Anne Bancroft), the refined wife of the commanding officer, Colonel Marston (Robert Preston), and when the latter begins to plan an all-out attack on an unruly Indian tribe, he attempts to prevent what, in all likelihood, will be a mass slaughter. Based on a novel by Richard Emery Roberts, The Last Frontier was re-released to television as Savage Wilderness and came complete with a rousing title song performed by Rusty Draper. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Russell Collins - Capt. Clarke; Peter Whitney - Sgt. Major Decker; Pat Hogan - Mungo; Manuel Donde - Red Cloud; Guy Williams - Lieutenant Benton; Mickey Kuhn - Luke; William Calles - Spotted Elk; Robert St. Angelo - Sentry; William Traylor - Soldier; Jack Pennick - Corporal
Credit
Robert A. Peterson - Art Director, Anthony Mann - Director, Al Clark - Editor, Leigh Harline - Composer (Music Score), William C. Mellor - Cinematographer, William Fadiman - Producer, Philip Yordan - Screenwriter, Russell S. Hughes - Screenwriter, Richard Emery Roberts - Book Author
