The Last Outpost

1951
Approved
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

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Ronald Reagan, Bruce Bennett, and Rhonda Fleming in The Last Outpost (1951)

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Drama Western

Despite their fighting on opposite sides during the Civil War, brothers Vance and Jeb Britton have to set their differences aside in order to survive an Indian attack.Despite their fighting on opposite sides during the Civil War, brothers Vance and Jeb Britton have to set their differences aside in order to survive an Indian attack.Despite their fighting on opposite sides during the Civil War, brothers Vance and Jeb Britton have to set their differences aside in order to survive an Indian attack.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

662

YOUR RATING

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Sgt. Calhoun
(as Noah Beery)

Peter Hansen

Lt. Crosby
(as Peter Hanson)

Hugh Beaumont

Lt. Fenton

Lloyd Corrigan

Mr. Delacourt

John Ridgely

Sam McQuade

Ivan Bell

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Chris Willow Bird

Chi
(uncredited)

Nick Borgani

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Charles Brunner

Apache Indian
(uncredited)
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James Burke

Stagecoach Driver
(uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody

Mangas Coloradas
(uncredited)

Bill Coontz

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Richard Crane

Lt. McReady
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Ronald Reagan was a serious breeder of horses during this period of his career and insisted on riding his favorite mare in this film. The horse had to be expressed by railroad to the location, and according to co-star Rhonda Fleming, while the studio horses wilted in the desert, Reagan's mount was fresh for every take.

Goofs
Mr. Delacourt mentions the amount of "red tape" in Washington. The movie takes place during the Civil War. The term "red tape" didn't come into use till after the war when veterans had to physically go to Washington DC to collect their pensions. The piles of personnel records were tied up with red ribbons (tape), thus the term came into use.

Quotes
Capt. Vance Britten: A man who is free to choose, will always choose peace.

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: THE SANTA FE TRAIL-!

In 1862 the Confederate Army of the Southwest was defeated and driven back into Texas . . . . .

The trail was open . . . .

Here lay the road to bind the Union tight . . .

The artery to supply its bleeding troops - - with gold, food and leather from the West.

BUT . . . .

Connections
Referenced in Head of the Class: Politics of Love (1990)

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Featured review

Good excitng western

That's one of the several westerns that director Lewis R Foster made, besides THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK, PASSAGE WEST, EL PASO; DAKOTA INCIDENT, all excellent material, pulled by good directing, flawless casts, and this one makes no exception, despite a predictable scheme and ending too. But beware, back in 1935, Paramount Pictures also produced another LAST OUTPOST, taking place in Kurdistan, starring Cary Grant, and it seems to be no connection at all between those two. After all, it could have been a link, because the same studio was in the matter. But no...Anyway, this western is worth watching, providing an exciting, powerful finale.