''The Last Horseman'' is a 1944 American
Western
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Places
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*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
film directed by
William Berke
William A. Berke (born October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – died February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He wrote, directed, and/or produced some 200 films over a ...
and starring
Russell Hayden
Russell "Lucky" Hayden (born Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid; June 12, 1912 – June 9, 1981) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal as Lucky Jenkins in Paramount's popular Hopalong Cassidy film series.
Ear ...
,
Dub Taylor
Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994),Dub Taylor, 87, Actor in Westerns, The New York Times, October 5, 1994, Section B, Page 12 was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extens ...
, and
Ann Savage.
[Morton p.112]
Cast
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Russell Hayden
Russell "Lucky" Hayden (born Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid; June 12, 1912 – June 9, 1981) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal as Lucky Jenkins in Paramount's popular Hopalong Cassidy film series.
Ear ...
as Lucky Rawlins
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Dub Taylor
Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994),Dub Taylor, 87, Actor in Westerns, The New York Times, October 5, 1994, Section B, Page 12 was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extens ...
as Cannonball
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Bob Wills
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although S ...
as Bob
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The Texas Playboys
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although S ...
as Musicians, Cowhands
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Ann Savage as Judy Ware
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John Maxwell as Cash Watson
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Frank LaRue
Frank La Rue (born 1952) is a Guatemalan labor and human rights law expert and served as UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, from August 2008 to August 2014. Along with Americ ...
as Rance Williams
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Nick Thompson as Henchman Karp
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Blackie Whiteford
John Penman "Blackie" Whiteford (April 27, 1889 – March 21, 1962) was an American film actor.
Biography
In 1903, Whiteford was a seaman between jobs when he was offered a chance to work on '' The Great Train Robbery'' film. That opportuni ...
as Henchman Slade
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Ted Mapes
Ted Mapes (November 25, 1901 – September 9, 1984) was an American character actor, who was also a prolific stuntman and body double. Born on November 25, 1901, in St. Edward, Nebraska, he moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s, and entered the fi ...
as Duke Cudlow
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Forrest Taylor
Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from silents through talkies to the advent of color films.
Early years
Taylor was born in Bl ...
as Bert Saunders
References
Bibliography
* Morton, Lisa & Adamson, Kent. ''Savage Detours: The Life and Work of Ann Savage''. McFarland, 2009.
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1944 films
1944 Western (genre) films
1940s English-language films
American Western (genre) films
Columbia Pictures films
Films directed by William A. Berke
American black-and-white films
1940s American films
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