The Last Frontier

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.

Cast

Victor Mature

as Jed Cooper

Guy Madison

as Captain Glenn Riordan

Robert Preston

as Col. Frank Marston

James Whitmore

as Gus

Anne Bancroft

as Corinna Marston

Russell Collins

as Captain Phil Clarke

Peter Whitney

as Sergeant Major Decker

Pat Hogan

as Mungo

Guillermo Calles

as Spotted Elk (uncredited)

John Cason

as First Sentry (uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

Allegorical awakenings at Fort Shallan. The Last Frontier (AKA: Savage Wilderness) is directed by Anthony Mann and adapted to screenplay by Philip Yordan and Russell Hughes from the novel, The Gilded Rooster, written by Richard Emery Roberts. It stars Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, J...

CinemaSerf

"Jed" (Victor Mature) and his two trapping pals happen upon an army fort in Oregon where the captain (Guy Madison) offers them jobs as scouts. They can't have a Blue-coat, but "Jed" has a hankering to settle down and get married - and this seems like an idea place to start. Thing is though, he aims ...

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