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Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404971165
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404971165
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: September 06, 2005
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 61215
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1956-01
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/06/2005 Run time: 98 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
Trapper Jed Cooper (Victor Mature) signs on as a scout at a remote army post in Oregon. In time, Colonel Marston (Robert Preston) arrives at the fort and, as ranking officer, relieves Captain Riordan (Guy Madison) of his command. Riordan is outraged to find out that Marston lost his fort and men to an Indian attack; in fact, he was assigned to a Western outpost after squandering the lives of 1,500 men in a Civil War battle. Marston's next plan is to order the men of the fort, almost all rookie soldiers, into battle against experienced Indian warriors. What would otherwise be a fairly routine Western drama is enlivened by Anthony Mann's direction, lavish CinemaScope cinematography, and fine, offbeat performances all around. The story line reflects the changes that were beginning to work their way into the Western genre by the 1950s. Savage Wilderness (taken from the novel The Gilded Rooster, by Richard Emery Roberts) may not quite pack the dramatic impact of prime John Ford, but it's still a fine example of the state of the Western in 1956. Also known as The Last Frontier. --Jerry Renshaw
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Barf Bag Please....
Esther Williams (Who Was Married At The Time) Admits To Having An Affair With Victor....Pretty Good For The Son Of A Scissor Grinder!........Mature Had 5 Wives..Was'nt Very Good At Commitment..Rita Hayworth Even Dumped Him!...He Retired At Age 46 To His Ranch.....Oh....The Movie Sucks!
Rating:  - NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING
No matter how many times I've watched this movie on the old Saturday Night At The Movies or recently on Encore Westerns, never get tired of watching The Last Frontier (earlier title: Savage Wilderness). I prefer The Last Frontier title, just something about 'savage wilderness' doesn't sound quite right. And the soundtrack from the movie, with Rusty Draper's voice, is quite catchy. All you buckaroos from the 1950s will remember Draper and his hit parade "Freight Train" song.
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Rating: - "Civilization' is creepin' up on us, lads!"
One of the more obscure of Anthony Mann's Westerns, The Last Frontier was also his only cavalry Western (aside from one brief episode in Winchester `73), though naturally he focuses on the outsiders and internal conflicts rather than offering a Fordian celebration of comradeship and shared ideals. Set not in his beloved high country but in the foothills and forests, it's a much more cynical view of life of the frontier, in many ways his Fort Apache without the need to preserve the legend: this outpost ... Read More
Rating: - very good Anthony Mann western
I enjoyed this film, which offers a variety of interesting subplots and complex love-hate relationships, along with interspersed action scenes and some lighthearted moments in which the mountain men counter harsh army discipline. All of the main characters are well cast. True, John Wayne or Robert Mitchum probably could have done as well in the starring role, but Victor Mature certainly comes across as a head-strong brawling tarzan of sorts. Reminds me of his film role as Samson, another difficult, ... Read More
Rating: - Good Mature Western
Victor Mature worked well in the Western genre, such as his performance as Doc Holliday in My Darling Clementine. The Last Frontier is another good performance by Mature, bolstered by strong support from Robert Preston, James Whitmore, and Guy Madison.
Mature plays a trapper/scout who is thinking of settling down in civilization. While he and his two trapper friends visit a fort in the wilderness, Mature falls for the young wife of an Army colonel who is anxious to address the danger coming ... Read More
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