The Last Outlaw
Directed byChristy Cabanne
Screenplay byJohn Twist
Jack Townley
Story byJohn Ford
E. Murray Campbell
Produced bySamuel J. Briskin
Robert Sisk
StarringHarry Carey
Hoot Gibson
CinematographyJack MacKenzie
Edited byGeorge Hively
Music byAlberto Colombo
Production
company
RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • June 12, 1936 (1936-06-12) (New York premiere)[1]
  • June 19, 1936 (1936-06-19)[1]
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Last Outlaw is a 1936 American Western film directed by Christy Cabanne from a screenplay by John Twist and Jack Townley. The original story was credited to "E. Murray Campbell" (Evelyne Murray Campbell, who wrote it in 1919) and John Ford, who directed the 1919 version. Harry Carey starred in both versions.

RKO Radio Pictures previewed the film with a running time of 73 minutes. It was edited to 68 minutes, and finally released as a standard "program western" running 62 minutes. In the trade it was considered a "sleeper", with a novel storyline and treatment. Variety reported that studio executives were upset about the picture being mishandled, and that it might have succeeded as a higher-budgeted "A" picture. In recent years the UCLA Film Archives restored the film to 72 minutes; this is the version shown on Turner Classic Movies.

Plot

Dean Payton is a notorious outlaw jailed in 1911. Twenty-five years later he is released, and finds that the world has moved on without him. His reputation as the terror of the west has been forgotten, and he has trouble adjusting to life in the city. He joins forces with the sheriff who originally caught him to track down the new terror, Al Goss.

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b "The Last Outlaw: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.

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Films directed by Christy Cabanne
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