Movie Cosmos - The Last of the Fast Guns

Description:

A rich, dying Easterner hires gunfighter Brad Ellison to find his brother and heir in Mexico. En route, it becomes clear to Ellison that his is a dying profession. At a remote rancho, Ellison enlists ranch foreman Miles Lang to help him search the hills where the missing man is rumored to have lived. They find nothing ...except that someone wants to kill them; and Ellison becomes wrapped in a maze of double crosses.

Top Cast >

Jock Mahoney

As Brad Ellison

Gilbert Roland

As Miles Lang

Linda Cristal

As Maria O'Reilly

Eduard Franz

As Padre Jose

Lorne Greene

As Michael O'Reilly

Carl Benton Reid

As John Forbes

Edward Platt

As Sam Grypton

Eduardo Noriega

As Cordoba

Jorge Treviño

As Manuel

Rafael Alcayde

As Alcade

Lee Morgan

As Johnny Ringo

Milton Bernstein

As James Younger

Stillman Segar

As Ben Thompson

José Chávez

As Jose Garcia

Francisco Reiguera

As Pablo

Richard H. Cutting

As Sheriff

Ralph Neff

As Bartender

Top Crew >

George Sherman

Director

Reviews:

John Chard (7/10)

Oh Brother!

The Last of the Fast Guns is directed by George Sherman and written by David P. Harman. It stars Jock Mahoney, Gilbert Roland, Linda Cristal, Eduard Franz and Lorne Greene. Music is by Joseph Gershenson and cinematography by Alex Phillips.

Gunslinger Brad Ellison (Mahoney) is hired by a rich tycoon to find his long lost brother. The trail leads to Mexico where hostility and intrigue ensue.

There's nothing overtly fresh about this as per plotting, but it delivers good qualities via some interesting twists and turns. From the sombre beginning it's evident that the makers have contemplation in mind for the narrative drive. Ellison is the last of a dying breed, and he knows it, so should he achieve the task to hand, the $25,000 he will earn could shape his future. As he sets about his detective work, tests come and go, while he is befriended by Miles Lang (Roland) and finds himself flirting with Maria O'Reilly (Cristal). But is everything as it seems? Cast are made of stoic stock, though Cristal is purely eye candy token. Pic is very airy and the Mexican vistas, filmed in CinemaScope/Eastman Color, are gorgeous.

A good meaty Oater that's well mounted, so recommended for genre fans. 7/10

2016-03-08