The Last Bandit

The Last Bandit

78 mins | Romance, Western | Feb. 25, 1949

About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick fortune can be made robbing gold shipments that are being transported by the railroad. In Bannock City she meets reformed-bandit Frank Plummer, posing as Frank Norris, brother of Jim Plummer, who has being going straight and working as an express shipment guard. Jim also shows up and plans a robbery by stealing a train and hiding it in an abandoned tunnel. The two brothers are on opposite sides of the law with the now-reformed Kate caught in the middle.

The Last Bandit

78 mins | Romance, Western | Feb. 25, 1949

The Last Bandit
About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick fortune can be made robbing gold shipments that are being transported by the railroad. In Bannock City she meets reformed-bandit Frank Plummer, posing as Frank Norris, brother of Jim Plummer, who has being going straight and working as an express shipment guard. Jim also shows up and plans a robbery by stealing a train and hiding it in an abandoned tunnel. The two brothers are on opposite sides of the law with the now-reformed Kate caught in the middle.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title The Last Bandit
Directors Joseph Kane
Writers Luci Ward, Thames Williamson, Jack Natteford

Cast

Bill Elliott

as Frank Norris / Frank Plummer (as William Elliott)

Lorna Gray

as Kate Foley / Kate Sampson (as Adrian Booth)

Forrest Tucker

as Jim Plummer

Andy Devine

as Casey Brown

Jack Holt

as Mort Pemberton

Minna Gombell

as Winnie McPhail

Virginia Brissac

as Kate's Mother

Louis Faust

as Hank Morse (as Louis R. Faust)

Stanley Andrews

as Jeff Baldwin

Martín Garralaga

as Patrick Moreno

Joseph Crehan

as Local No. 44 Engineer

Charles Middleton

as Blindfolded Circuit Rider

George Backus

as Fireman (uncredited)

George Bell

as Deputy (uncredited)

Hank Bell

as Bert - Sheriff (uncredited)

John Bose

as Townsman (uncredited)

Bob Burns

as Townsman (uncredited)

George Chesebro

as Rolley Beggs (uncredited)