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The Last Sunset (1961)

The Last Sunset poster
Directed by
Robert Aldrich
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 96 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cattle drive across Mexico becomes complicated when a fugitive joins the group. Two men compete for the same woman as a personal reckoning approaches.

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What happens

The Last Sunset is a 1961 American Western film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, and Dorothy Malone. The film was released by Universal Pictures and shot in Eastmancolor in Mexico. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo was adapted from Howard Rigsby's 1957 novel Sundown at Crazy Horse. The supporting cast features Joseph Cotten, Carol Lynley, Neville Brand and Jack Elam. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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