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| starring = [[Sterling Hayden]]<br>[[Anna Maria Alberghetti]]<br>[[Richard Carlson (actor)|Richard Carlson]]<br>[[Arthur Hunnicutt]]<br>[[Ernest Borgnine]]<br>[[J. Carrol Naish]]
| starring = [[Sterling Hayden]]<br>[[Anna Maria Alberghetti]]<br>[[Richard Carlson (actor)|Richard Carlson]]<br>[[Arthur Hunnicutt]]<br>[[Ernest Borgnine]]<br>[[J. Carrol Naish]]
| music = [[Max Steiner]]
| music = [[Max Steiner]]
| cinematography = Jack A. Marta
| cinematography = [[Jack A. Marta]]
| editing = Tony Martinelli
| editing = Tony Martinelli
| studio = Republic Pictures
| studio = Republic Pictures

Revision as of 10:13, 28 March 2017

The Last Command
Original Australian film poster
Directed byFrank Lloyd
Screenplay byWarren Duff
Story bySy Bartlett
Produced byFrank Lloyd
StarringSterling Hayden
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Richard Carlson
Arthur Hunnicutt
Ernest Borgnine
J. Carrol Naish
CinematographyJack A. Marta
Edited byTony Martinelli
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Republic Pictures
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • August 3, 1955 (1955-08-03) (United States)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Last Command is a 1955 Trucolor Western film directed by Frank Lloyd starring Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson, Arthur Hunnicutt, Ernest Borgnine and J. Carrol Naish.

Plot summary

Cast

Production

The film was originally set to be produced and directed by John Wayne[1] but Republic Pictures head Herbert Yates wanted Wayne only to star, not produce or direct as Wayne wanted. Wayne left Republic to form Wayne-Fellows Productions. Five years later he would play Davy Crockett in, as well as direct, the three-hour-plus Todd-AO production The Alamo, released by United Artists, that featured many elements of The Last Command in its screenplay.

Max Steiner's theme song for The Last Command, "Jim Bowie," is sung by musical star Gordon MacRae, who that year was starring in the smash hit film Oklahoma!, adapted from the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Frank Alamo Movies 1994 Republic of Texas Press