The Last Sunset

The Last Sunset

112 mins | Western | June 8, 1961

Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O'Malley's heels is lawman Dana Stribling who has a personal reason for getting him back into his jurisdiction. Both men join Breckenridge and his wife on the drive. As they near Texas tensions mount, not least because Stribling is starting to court Belle, and O'Malley is increasingly drawn by her daughter Missy.

The Last Sunset

112 mins | Western | June 8, 1961

The Last Sunset
Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O'Malley's heels is lawman Dana Stribling who has a personal reason for getting him back into his jurisdiction. Both men join Breckenridge and his wife on the drive. As they near Texas tensions mount, not least because Stribling is starting to court Belle, and O'Malley is increasingly drawn by her daughter Missy.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Universal International Pictures, Brynaprod S.A.
Original title The Last Sunset
Directors Tom Connors Jr., Robert Aldrich
Writers Howard Rigsby, Dalton Trumbo

Cast

Rock Hudson

as Dana Stribling

Kirk Douglas

as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley

Dorothy Malone

as Belle Breckenridge

Joseph Cotten

as John Breckenridge

Carol Lynley

as Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge

Neville Brand

as Frank Hobbs

Regis Toomey

as Milton Wing

James Westmoreland

as Julesburg Kid (as Rad Fulton)

Adam Williams

as Calverton

Jack Elam

as Ed Hobbs

John Shay

as Bowman