The Last Sunset

The Last Sunset

1961 · 112 min · EN · NR · 6.7 (68 votes)
Dir. Robert Aldrich · Starring Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten, Carol Lynley, Neville Brand · Music Ernest Gold

When giants clash, a woman trembles!

Western

Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O'Malley's heels is lawman Dana Stribling who has a personal reason for getting him back into his jurisdiction. Both men join Breckenridge and his wife on the drive. As they near Texas tensions mount, not least because Stribling is starting to court Belle, and O'Malley is increasingly drawn by her daughter Missy.

VIBE

A sun-scorched, dust-choked epic of desire and duty. This slow-burn Western simmers with unspoken tension, set against a vast, unforgiving landscape where old flames and new passions collide.

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