The Last Outlaw
Not Rated
Western
Starring: Edgar Jones, Lucille Hutton, Neola May, Richard Cummings, Jack Walters
Writer: Evelyn Campbell, John Ford, H. Tipton Steck
Release Date:
June 15, 1919
June 15, 1919
Ratings:
6.4 / 10
6.4 / 10
Director:
John Ford
John Ford
Companies:
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Overview
The Last Outlaw (1919) proved very tantalizing. An end-of-the-West Western, it shows its grizzled hero revisiting the town of his youthful exploits. But now, in an anticipation of Ride the High Country (1962), civilization has taken over. Cars chase Bud off the streets and the theatre features movies (Universal Bluebirds at that, a bit of product placement). Ford heightens the contrast by letting us into the hero’s memory, introduced by the title: “Memories of the past flashing back to him”—the earliest reference to the term “flashback” I recall seeing in the movies.
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