The Last Hard Men (1976)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers:

Brian Garfield (novel)
Guerdon Trueblood (writer)

Release Date:

1 June 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo...

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Navajo | Clothes Ripping | Half Breed | Revenge

Cast

Charlton Heston	...	Sam Burgade
James Coburn	...	Zach Provo
Barbara Hershey	...	Susan Burgade
Jorge Rivero	...	Cesar Menendez
Michael Parks	...	Pima County Sheriff Noel Nye
Larry Wilcox	...	Mike Shelby
Thalmus Rasulala	...	George Weed
Morgan Paull	...	Portugee Shiraz
John Quade	...	Will Gant
Robert Donner	...	Lee Roy Tucker
Sam Gilman	...	Dutch Vestal
James Bacon	...	Deputy Jetfore
Riley Hill	...	Gus, Bank President
Dick Alexander	...	Bo Simpson
Yolanda Schutz	...	Paloma

Also Known As:

Burgade (USA) (working title)
The Last Hard Man (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

98 min | Sweden:93 min (15-rated version) | Norway:94 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (cut) (1976) | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1989) | Norway:16 | Sweden:(Banned) (1976) | Sweden:15 (re-rating) | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Quotes:

Pima County Sheriff Noel Nye: This came in about six o'clock. Twenty two escaped. They've captured or killed fifteen so that leaves seven.
Sam Burgade: Hmm. Gant. Weed: he could track a duck across a pond. Shiraz: a knife. Lee Roy Tucker: that coyote sniffed under every boulder in the territory. Mike Shelby: nineteen years old, in for life. Menendez: that must be Cesar Menendez. Real handsome lookin' man - cut the head off a little gal in Nogales one time. Said he wanted her earrings.
Pima County Sheriff Noel Nye: And Zach Provo.
Sam Burgade: I though he was dead.

Two classic stars battle it out..

I've seen this film on Sky Cinema not too long ago.. I must admit, it was a really good Western which features 2 of the big names.. On one side, there's Charlton Heston, playing the infamous and retired lawman Samuel Burgade. On the other.. The late James Coburn playing the villainous Zach Provo.. seeking revenge on Burgade no matter what the cost..!

The good thing about this film was there was some really good characters.. Most of the actors played it out really well.. Especially James Coburn, who I find that he was really mean in this film.. But that how it was..

Christopher Mitchum, who I've seen everywhere in other films.. Playing Hal Brickman.. I felt his character was left out in the cold, but he manage to get himself back in by teaming up with Burgade, to bring down Provo's posse's!

All in all, it was a great film.. Very good to watch.. Great score from the late Jerry Goldsmith..

Wonderful piece of Western persona..! 8 out of 10.