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70% Critic Match
The Last Bandit
“They chased the rumor of gold 'cross half a continent...men who knew only how to rob and kill...and their women who lived only for love!”
7.0 / 10• 1949• 1h 18m•NR• English
WesternRomance
Storyline
About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick fortune can be made robbing gold shipments that are being transported by the railroad. In Bannock City she meets reformed-bandit Frank Plummer, posing as Frank Norris, brother of Jim Plummer, who has being going straight and working as an express shipment guard. Jim also shows up and plans a robbery by stealing a train and hiding it in an abandoned tunnel. The two brothers are on opposite sides of the law with the now-reformed Kate caught in the middle.
Cast & Crew
Bill Elliott
Frank Norris / Frank Plummer
Lead
Lorna Gray
Kate Foley / Kate Sampson
Forrest Tucker
Jim Plummer
Andy Devine
Casey Brown
Jack Holt
Mort Pemberton
Minna Gombell
Winnie McPhail
Virginia Brissac
Kate's Mother
LF
Louis Faust
Hank Morse
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph Kane's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Last Bandit is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
