The Last Hunt

6/23/2015

Killing's like...err, like the only real proof you are alive. The Last Hunt is directed by Richard Brooks who also adapts the screenplay from the novel of the same name written by Milton Lott. It stars Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Debra Paget, Lloyd Nolan and Russ Tamblyn. Out of MGM it's a CinemaScope/Eastman Color production with music by Daniele Amfitheatrof and cinematography by Russell Harlan. Buffalo hunter Sandy McKenzie (Granger) is tired of the hunt, but after a quirk of fate leaves him financially struggling, he accepts an invitation from Charles Gilson (Taylor) to go out on another profitable hunt. But when out on the range, Charlie starts to show a sadistic streak, and after his capture of an Indian girl (Paget), the two men are driven even further apart. Something wil

8/27/2026

I was a little apprehensive about a western starring Stewart Granger and Robert Taylor - both actors better suited to swordplay; but they both deliver quite personably as this films shows us another nail going into the coffin of what was once the "wild west". "McKenzie" (Granger) is an acclaimed buffalo hunter who is running out of steam. He needs a change. That might come from an encounter with "Gilson" (Taylor) who is a bit more bloodthirsty but prepared to pay well for a large supply of the hides. They embark on this lucrative enterprise for a while, but when their camp is raided by a marauding party of Indians the ensuing exchange sees "Gilson" rescue a squaw (Debra Paget) and her baby and return them to a camp where swiftly she and "McKenzie" strike up a rapport. Both are aware, thoug