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The Last Challenge
Killer VS Killer
An upstart outlaw baits a legendary gunslinger, now a marshal in love with a saloon keeper.
- Original title
- The Last Challenge
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Apr 5, 2026 · via TMDB
Sadly, there isn't really anything very original here and I kept seeing Stephen Boyd every time Chad Everett made his presence felt. His ''Lot'' isn't so much looking for his pillar of salt as his pillar of the community and local sheriff ''Blaine'' (Glenn Ford) might fit that bill. They encounter each other whilst the latter man is out fishing, but quickly we discover that the former is looking for a famous scalp and that the latter was once - and may well still be, a formidable gunslinger. There is no deceit between the two men here. ''Lot'' is upfront about his purpose and although the two part as friends, the gauntlet has been clearly thrown down. Meantime, they had to find a part for Angie Dickenson and so ''Lisa'' takes on the mantle of running the local hotel whilst being romantically attached to the lawman. When she, too, learns of the plot she thinks that perhaps she ought to have a few drinks and then take the law into her own hands. So we are now all teed up for something predicable but watchable enough. That latter element is improved by the always reliable and curmudgeonly presence of Jack Elam; there is a small part for Gary Merrill as the curiously monikered ''Squint'' and amidst what appears to be a great deal of dialogue, there is some gun totin' action to keep us entertained. No, I doubt that even the most die-hard fans of Ford and/or this genre will recall this for long, but it passes the time effortlessly.
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Glenn Ford
Marshal Dan Blaine
Angie Dickinson
Lisa Denton
Chad Everett
Lot McGuire
Gary Merrill
Squint Calloway
Jack Elam
Ernest Scarnes
Delphi Lawrence
Marie Webster
Royal Dano
Pretty Horse
Kevin Hagen
Frank Garrison
Florence Sundstrom
Outdoors
Marian Collier
Sadie
John Milford
Turpin
Frank McGrath
Ballard Weeks
Amanda Randolph
Sally (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Servant / Driver (uncredited)
Vaughn Taylor
Jim Haskell (uncredited)
Len Lesser
Ed (uncredited)
Mark Allen
Dave Webster (uncredited)
Jack Big Head
Indian (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Barfly (uncredited)
Roberto Contreras
Hotelero (uncredited)
Bill Hart
Cowboy (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Townsman (uncredited)
Colette Jackson
Lou (uncredited)
Eddie Little Sky
Indian (uncredited)
Ken Mayer
Tom Garrison (uncredited)
Jorge Moreno
Mexican (uncredited)
Beverly Powers
Saloon Hostess (uncredited)
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Bill Hart
Stunts
Frank McGrath
Stunts
Neil Summers
Stunts
Richard Thorpe
Director
Richard Thorpe
Producer
Albert Maltz
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Rough Riders' Round-up
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Rio Bravo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
High Noon
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Gunfighter
El Dorado
Open Range
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Maverick
Silverado
Day of the Outlaw
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Ride Lonesome
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Dec 27, 1967
