The Last Challenge (DVD)

Glenn Ford and Chad Everett aim to let their guns do the talking in this hair-trigger Western adventure costarring Angie Dickinson. The fastest man with a handgun this side of Abilene, middle-aged marshal Dan Blaine (Ford) is about to have his reputation tested... again. Riding into town is Lot McGuire (Everett), a young gunman of blinding speed who doesn't want to live his life thinking he's second best. And while Blaine's girlfriend (Dickinson) would rather he avoid a showdown, the marshal refuses to back down, knowing a gunslinger who's not the best at what he does is a dead man anyway. Adapted by blacklisted Hollywood Ten screenwriter Albert Maltz from his novel (writing as John Sherry), the Last Challenge was the final project directed by M-G-M veteran Richard Thorpe (White Cargo, Jailhouse Rock), his 185-film career making him one of the most prolific moviemakers in Hollywood history.

Starring: Glenn Ford, Angie Dickinson, Chad Everett, Gary Merrill, Jack Elam, Robert Sorrells, John Milford, Frank McGrath, Amanda Randolph, Bill Walker, Delphi Lawrence, Royal Dano, Kevin Hagen, Florence Sundstrom, Marian Collier, Letitia Paquette, Beverly Hills, Jack Bighead, Henry O'Brien, George Little Buffalo, Eddie Little Sky

Director: Richard Thorpe

Rating: NR