The Last Hunt

I bought this for my dad because he had been looking for it for a while. He was so thankful at the way that it was packaged.

The LAST HUNT has been a personal favorite of mine for a long time now. I've had it on VHS since shortly after it was first released thereon, and recently decided I'd get it on DVD. The story line is solid, the actors very good (Robert Taylor shines playing a really bad guy), and the little child in the picture is a perfect scene stealer. The movie's about the last of the buffalo hunts in the old west (set ca. 1883). And I have to admit that the authenticity of the picture is enhanced by the filming of the annual thinning of the buffalo in Custer State Park.

The Last Hunt is one of those Westerns that somehow has gotten lost.It is a story of a time,when loosing sight of the roof-tops,was dangerous.The isolation,of the plains,bleeds men of moral behavior.Robert Taylor is Charley.In town he is bearable.On the prairie,where the town and laws and rules of the town are lost,Charley looses the decency and reason that makes folks civilized. The Last Hunt is a great western.The systematic killing of the buffalo,which looks easy and real,looks that way because the buffalo killed during the making of this movie,were actually killed to thin down native herds in South Dakota.The killing of the buffalo provides a surreal cinematic backdrop,to a story of good guys and bad guys trying to disguise what is natural within them.This film should be on DVD for the following reasons: 1)Robert Taylor's performance is his best--ever 2)Look at South Dakota in the 1950's 3)Lloyd Nolan,some of his best stuff 4)Debra Paget--tries real hard to be the same "girl next door" indian debutante that made the us's of the 1950's--fall head over heal,in love with her. 5)Death of the young indian boy,shot,in a rigged gunfight with Taylor's character.It is over a white buffalo skin. The indian considers it sacred.Taylor considers the skin to have monetary value.Taylor shoots the boy easily--It is powerful and pitiful. 6)Russ Tamblyn--always tops

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It has a very good cast, but Taylor is such a vicious bad guy, its uncomfortable to watch. I wish I had just rented it because I doubt I will watch it again. If you can stand Taylor’s psychotic character, then fine, but I don’t want a repeat experience of it.

Excellent Western from the 1950s. It takes place during the waning days of the conflicts between whites and the Native Americans. Two men decide to go on an extensive buffalo hunt in order to diminish the herds so the Natives will starve. One hunter is a rabid racist who captures an Indian woman and the baby in her charge after killing her male relatives. The other hunter has respect for Indians because he lived among them, and undergoes a crisis of conscience because of the wholesale buffalo killing and decides to liberate the woman and child. Robert Taylor plays the racist, Stewart Granger plays the other hunter. Lloyd Nolan plays the wise old buffalo skinner, Russ Tamblyn plays the half-breed boy along to help, and Debra Paget plays the Indian woman. All give fine performances, but Robert Taylor is absolutely scary as the racist. The DVD-R is excellent quality. Highly recommended for Western fans.

To date, the only feature film strictly about the great buffalo hunts of the 1870s-80s. The film is very well done for it's time. They took pains to set the time period as Montana in 1883 (stating that Custer died 7 years ago), the last year of the great hunts. Firearms are correct; an 1874 Sharps and an 1876 Winchester Centennial model (probably in .45-60, which was enough to bring down a buffalo.) Hunting, skinning and cartridge reloading processes are shown or explained. The shopping for supplies was dead on. Someone did their homework for this one. Curiously, there has not been a movie about the buffalo hunts since then. I hope that will change soon!

One of the best westerns of the 1950's.Robert Taylor's part is out of character to his matinee idol roles but he plays the part extremely well. All the stars act well in an unusual western played out against the dying days of the buffalo hunter. The shooting of the buffalos actually ocurred due to a cull in the herds which was normal at that time.May not be to all tastes but it has always been one of my alltime favorite westerns.

Excelente. òtimo produto. Entrega rápida.

This one you should buy! I about a Union soldier coming back from the War. Robert Taylor plays the part and has master sergeant and the metal of honor. And his Father was an Indian and his mother white. Thing changed there family had some of the best land in a big valley. You need to buy this one it has a good story and listen! Also an Anthony Mann movie!

Wir mögen diesen Film sehr. Die Schauspieler sind toll und die Landschaftsaufnahmen sind wirklich beeindruckend. Auf der BluRay gibt es ein MakingOf, das wirklich interessant ist. Also eine klare Kaufempfehlung!

It was ok,happy enough