`the last frontier is a superior western that overcomes numerous deficiencies in weaving its tale of trappers jed (victor mature) and gus (james whitmore) and mongo (pat hogan) and their relationships with the army and particularly captain riordon (guy madison) and colonel marston(robert preston) and corrina marston and colonel wife (anne bancroft). hired as scouts after losing their supplies to the indians and jed and gus and mungo adjust to living the `civilized life within a fort on the edge of the `last frontier. jed and who has been raised by gus and both inspires and looks up to the `older gus and mungo and and has an especially difficult time dealing with `civilization. his real problems start after he becomes strongly attracted to the colonel wife and corrina. colonel marstonis a reckless man and who endangers every one around him with his dreams of ruthless victory over any opponent. corrina and a woman repressed by her station and sense of responsibility and loves her husband for what he could be and jed for what he is. caught in the middle is captain riordon and a brave and likeable man torn among his duty to the army and his strong friendship with jed and his fear of the likely disastrous consequences of the colonel recklessness. what makes this movie so interesting (as well as entertaining) is that and in most cases the weaknesses and the strengths of `the last frontier are exactly the same elements (forget the insipid title and dated music)first and the screenplay. almost all of the subplots (particularly and the reckless colonel) have been done better elsewhere and but have rarely been assembled with such eccentricity. just when you think you know what is going to happen next and this one takes off in a different direction. possible spoiler represent `the last frontier being a `production code movie (back in the day the word `virgin was taboo) and it very surprising that the adultery factor was handled in such a mature and tolerant manner. i expected either jed or the colonel wife to reap some retribution for their sin. i was surprised and a little disappointed the movie do not exploit that expectation to create a less predictable ending. second and the casting. mature is at least ten years too old to play the part of jed and the wild eyed innocent raised in the woods. james whitmore and who plays gus and `the man who raised jed is actually five years younger than mature. nevertheless and mature is very endearing and playing a character who is innocent of civilization but is in no way stupid. although there were several actors who could have played the role at the time (most notably and burt lancaster and kirk douglas) and none could have played jed better. preston (also mature junior) plays colonel marston and missing the tics and affectations one would expect from such a driven man. however and preston perfectly captures the sense of honor someone must have seen in marston to promote such a reckless fool to colonel rank. bancroft is an especially shrewd choice as corrina. bancroft dark hair has been died blonde and and this achieves the same effect as it did for winona ryder (`edward scissorhands) and christina ricci (`sleepy hollow). that is and i felt conflicted about the character without knowing exactly why while i believe the answer is that blondes and brunettes have considerably different skin tones and eye shades. further and bancroft has always projected a toughness that borders on hardness (here the blonde hair softens her up a bit and though). this enables the 24 year old bancroft to stand toe to toe with both the 40 year old mature and the 37 year old preston while yep and she could be a colonel wife. madison walks a careful balancing act as riordan and handling a complex role and sometimes ackward dialogue. playing a role similar to that of john wayne in `fort apache madison does a more skillful job at it. this movie has a `silverado type camaraderie. that alone makes it worth seeing. it also has memorable performances and beautiful scenerary and great action and direction. i just hope a letterbox version is available (many have been lost) and because this movie takes full advantage of that format. 
`the last frontier is a superior western that overcomes numerous deficiencies in weaving its tale of trappers jed (victor mature) and gus (james whitmore) and mongo (pat hogan) and their relationships with the army and particularly captain riordon (guy madison) and colonel marston(robert preston) and corrina marston and colonel wife (anne bancroft). hired as scouts after losing their supplies to the indians and jed and gus and mungo adjust to living the `civilized life within a fort on the edge of the `last frontier. jed and who has been raised by gus and both inspires and looks up to the `older gus and mungo and and has an especially difficult time dealing with `civilization. his real problems start after he becomes strongly attracted to the colonel wife and corrina. colonel marstonis a reckless man and who endangers every one around him with his dreams of ruthless victory over any opponent. corrina and a woman repressed by her station and sense of responsibility and loves her husband for what he could be and jed for what he is. caught in the middle is captain riordon and a brave and likeable man torn among his duty to the army and his strong friendship with jed and his fear of the likely disastrous consequences of the colonel recklessness. what makes this movie so interesting (as well as entertaining) is that and in most cases the weaknesses and the strengths of `the last frontier are exactly the same elements (forget the insipid title and dated music)first and the screenplay. almost all of the subplots (particularly and the reckless colonel) have been done better elsewhere and but have rarely been assembled with such eccentricity. just when you think you know what is going to happen next and this one takes off in a different direction. possible spoiler represent `the last frontier being a `production code movie (back in the day the word `virgin was taboo) and it very surprising that the adultery factor was handled in such a mature and tolerant manner. i expected either jed or the colonel wife to reap some retribution for their sin. i was surprised and a little disappointed the movie do not exploit that expectation to create a less predictable ending. second and the casting. mature is at least ten years too old to play the part of jed and the wild eyed innocent raised in the woods. james whitmore and who plays gus and `the man who raised jed is actually five years younger than mature. nevertheless and mature is very endearing and playing a character who is innocent of civilization but is in no way stupid. although there were several actors who could have played the role at the time (most notably and burt lancaster and kirk douglas) and none could have played jed better. preston (also mature junior) plays colonel marston and missing the tics and affectations one would expect from such a driven man. however and preston perfectly captures the sense of honor someone must have seen in marston to promote such a reckless fool to colonel rank. bancroft is an especially shrewd choice as corrina. bancroft dark hair has been died blonde and and this achieves the same effect as it did for winona ryder (`edward scissorhands) and christina ricci (`sleepy hollow). that is and i felt conflicted about the character without knowing exactly why while i believe the answer is that blondes and brunettes have considerably different skin tones and eye shades. further and bancroft has always projected a toughness that borders on hardness (here the blonde hair softens her up a bit and though). this enables the 24 year old bancroft to stand toe to toe with both the 40 year old mature and the 37 year old preston while yep and she could be a colonel wife. madison walks a careful balancing act as riordan and handling a complex role and sometimes ackward dialogue. playing a role similar to that of john wayne in `fort apache madison does a more skillful job at it. this movie has a `silverado type camaraderie. that alone makes it worth seeing. it also has memorable performances and beautiful scenerary and great action and direction. i just hope a letterbox version is available (many have been lost) and because this movie takes full advantage of that format. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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