The Last Sunset
Time Out says
Aldrich's film is in some senses an attempt to transpose to the Western genre the elements of Sirkian melodrama - same studio, similar casting, and a plot about sexual neurosis. Kirk Douglas is an unstable gunfighter who has murdered Sheriff Hudson's brother-in-law and wants to revive his own love for his ex-wife (Malone). At the same time, Douglas' daughter (Lynley) falls in love with her estranged father, and Malone falls in love with Hudson. Those tensions are resolved during a cattle drive from Mexico to Texas. The movie is more lyrical than Aldrich's usual macho posturings, and Dalton Trumbo's script is abrim with classical allusions.
Details
Release details
Duration:
112 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Screenwriter:
Dalton Trumbo
Cast:
Kirk Douglas
Rock Hudson
Dorothy Malone
Carol Lynley
Joseph Cotten
Regis Toomey
Neville Brand
Jack Elam
Rad Fulton
Rock Hudson
Dorothy Malone
Carol Lynley
Joseph Cotten
Regis Toomey
Neville Brand
Jack Elam
Rad Fulton