The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

• Director: Dan Curtis
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Western
• Movie Type: Outlaw (Gunfighter) Film, Biopic
• Themes: Sheriffs and Outlaws, Taming the West
• Main Cast: Cliff Potts, Larry Wilcox, Jack Palance, Randy Quaid
• Release Year: 1979
• Country: US
• Run Time: 146 minutes

Plot

Producer Dan Curtis also sat in the director's seat for The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang. Making no effort to whitewash its hooligan protagonists, the film recounts the wild-west exploits of the outlaw Dalton Brothers: Bob (Cliff Potts), Emmett (Larry Wilcox), Grat (Randy Quaid, who'd probably get better billing these days) and Frank (Don Collier). The story culminates in the Dalton's suicidal raid on Coffeyville, Kansas. Most of what transpires is related in flashback from the vantage point of fifty years afterward by surviving Dalton brother Emmett (hope we're not giving anything away here). The made-for-TV Last Ride of the Dalton Gang lets us know up front that "What follows here is not intended to be an accurate re-creation of fact. Not that it matters." Its original airdate was November 20, 1979. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Larry Wilcox
• Jack Palance
• Randy Quaid

Don Collier; Sharon Farrell; Kathleen Freeman; John Karlen; Cliff Potts - Bob Dalton; Dale Robertson; Harris Yulin; Bo Hopkins

Credit

Ned Parsons - Art Director, Dan Curtis - Director, Dennis Virkler - Editor, Dan Curtis - Executive Producer, Robert Cobert - Composer (Music Score), Frank Stanley - Cinematographer, Joseph Stern - Producer, Earl W. Wallace - Screenwriter

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