The Last Frontier

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Jan 14 1956 Approved 1h 38m
History, Romance, Western

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

Plot

Crude and uncivilized backwoods trapper Jed Cooper and his two partners sign up as scouts in a remote Oregon army fort, manned chiefly by untrained rookie soldiers. Jed, flirting with the idea of leading a more settled life, decides he needs a woman to start the process, and selects Corinna Marston, the beautiful young wife of Colonel Marston, commander of the next fort down the line. Marston arrives and announces to commanding officer Captain Riordan that he has lost his fort and most of his men to an Indian attack and that he, as ranking officer, is assuming command. Riordan, a young, but sensible officer, is outraged when he learns that Marston, posted out west for having lost his 1500-man command during a Civil War battle, has ordered the entire fort's complement, totally unprepared for combat and outnumbered, to march out against experienced Indian warriors.

Written by

Philip Yordan, Russell S. Hughes, Richard Emery Roberts

Directed by

Anthony Mann

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,869
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA