Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

michael thompson I never thought I would literally almost fall asleep watching this western.In no order of merit.There was absolutely no chemistry between Glenn Ford and Angie Dickinson.Angie Dickinson spoke her lines as though reading them off a billboard.Why Glenn Ford took this movie on I for one, will never know because Glenn Ford is up there with the greats.I found this film totally boring from start to finish.One of the reviews for this film stated, "At last an adult western".This in my view was because of the script, it was full of truths about life as a cowboy who is claimed to be fast on the draw, and there will always be a young punk who claims to be faster. That's it in a nut shell.

MartinHafer As a history teacher, I have a lot more knowledge about what the old west REALLY was like...and for the most part it was little like you see in westerns. In the case of this film, there is the famed fast- draw sheriff, young punks wanting to prove they are faster and the famed shootouts on main street...all stuff that really did not happen. Sure, it could have happened once or twice (anything is possible) but the west was a lot safer and civilized than you would imagine if you got your history from films! So, I knew going into "The Last Challenge" that the film was complete fiction...a myth of a west filmmakers WISHED had really been.When the film begins, yet another stupid punk comes into town to challenge the brave Marshall (Glenn Ford). Marshall Blaine blows the snot out of him and the immediate threat is gone. But of course there is another who is on his way to town to challenge the fast- draw sheriff. But something unusual happens--the pair meet on friendly terms while fishing and seem to like each other. Will that change anything or is one of them still destined to assume room temperature? This is a moderately enjoyable film with a finale that is, pretty much, a foregone conclusion. Not a bad movie...just not at all like the real west. Although a shootout between two guys is common in films, in reality lawmen were very happy to just shoot guys in the back or shotgun them or attack the thug with a group. The whole manly shootout to prove who is the fastest is just mythical.

cutterccbaxter Before taking the Hippocratic Oath and joining The Medical Center team, Chad Everett comes riding into a dusty western town to gun down Glenn Ford because Ford is the best gunslinger around. Everett would have been better off asking for pointers from the old gunman because since Ford is a bigger movie star than Everett the odds are against him that he'll prevail in a shootout. The Last Challenge relies on Ford to carry a fairly standard western story that is filled with Hollywood-at-its-worst stereotypes and clichéd characters. Although I did like Outdoors. Ya know why? Because her heart is as big as the great outdoors.

Nazi_Fighter_David The western showdown is as ritualistic as a bullfight which, in many respects, it resembles... The end is as quick, clean and emotionless as the dispatch of a brave fighting bull by the matador... The outcome is usually as predictable but the clash is a heightened moment of suspense that is as exciting as anything the cinema has ever produced...Richard Thorpe, a reliable director of all genre, and one of MGM's most prolific filmmaker since 1935 directed and produced 'The Last Challenge'/'The Pistolero of Red River.'Wanting a particular personal style, Thorpe never directed a great motion picture, but had a consistently acceptable batting average as a director of fine, unpretentious entertainment ranging from drama and polished adventure to comedy, musicals and westerns...With a beautiful body and a timeless loveliness of a face, Angie Dickinson looks great in her black gown... She again figures effectively as the young lady, in love, who wants to stop the shootout... The movie has a Marshal (Glenn Ford) with a reputation as a legendary wild gunfighter, heading for a showdown with a dangerous good-looking challenger Chad Everett...The John Sherry-Robert Emmett Ginna screenplay features Gary Merrill as a bushy-brow 'Five Card Stud' player, and Jack Elam as the hired killer with an evil leer...