The Last Posse

The Last Posse is a 1953 American Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Charles Bickford and Wanda Hendrix.

The Last Posse
Directed by	Alfred L. Werker
Screenplay by	Seymour Bennett Connie Lee Bennett Kenneth Gamet
Story by	Seymour Bennett Connie Lee Bennett
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Broderick Crawford John Derek Charles Bickford Wanda Hendrix
Cinematography	Burnett Guffey
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 4, 1953 (1953-07-04)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

When the anxiously awaited posse returns with neither prisoners nor the stolen money, we learn through flashbacks from three different characters, what took place. Having been cheated by Sampson Drune, a father and his two sons have robbed him and fled. A posse led by Drune took off after them and although unwanted, the town's drunken Sheriff joined them. The Sheriff's influence on Jed, the adopted son of Drune, is the key to Jed later revealing who killed Drune, the robbers, and what happened to the money.

Cast

• Broderick Crawford as Sheriff John Frazier
• John Derek as Jed Clayton
• Charles Bickford as Sampson Drune
• Wanda Hendrix as Deborah
• Warner Anderson as Robert Emerson
• Henry Hull as Ollie Stokely
• Will Wright as Todd Mitchell
• Tom Powers as Frank White
• Raymond Greenleaf as Arthur Hagan
• James Kirkwood as Judge Parker
• Eddy Waller as Dr. Pryor
• Skip Homeier as Art Romer
• James Bell as Will Romer
• Guy Wilkerson as George Romer

External links

• The Last Posse at IMDb
• The Last Posse at AllMovie
• The Last Posse at the TCM Movie Database