Rating: - A great forgotten western
The Last Hunt is one of those Westerns that somehow has gotten lost.It is a story of a time,when loosing sight of the roof-tops,was dangerous.The isolation,of the plains,bleeds men of moral behavior.Robert Taylor is Charley.In town he is bearable.On the prairie,where the town and laws and rules of the town are lost,Charley looses the decency and reason that makes folks civilized.
The Last Hunt is a great western.The systematic killing of the buffalo,which looks easy and real,looks that way because the buffalo killed during the making of this movie,were actually killed to thin down native ... Read More
Rating: - Robert Taylor's Best Performance Ever!
Robert Taylor, who set the record for being under the longest studio contract in movie history, is notorious for being a great looking actor with no talent.
The Last Hunt shows might have been had Taylor been stretched by other great directors like he was By Richard Brooks. Brooks, who had one of the longest streaks of directing actors to Oscar-nominated and/or Oscar winning performances, got everything he could out of Taylor in this film, which came along at a time when Hollywood became more sensitive in its depiction of Native Americans.
Rating: - Maltin is off target
This movie was released in 1956, but it was a "politically correct" film long before the term originated. The film is concerned with the environment, man's destruction and total elimination of the buffalo -- depicted very graphically in this movie. It is also very concerned with "civil rights" in the form of attitudes towards Native Americans (Indians), women and children. Robert Taylor is the "bad guy" in that he is not sensitive to any of the issues above -- he is a "dinosaur" watching his world disappear before his eyes. Steward Granger is the character that wakes up in time and realizes that ... Read More
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