I first read this book in 1955, and thought this could be made into a good movie, which eventually was, and became one of my all-time favourites,book,movie, and dell comic.the story about buffalo hunters is gripping,and the movie with robert taylor, stewart granger, really was a movie ahead of its time.(i wish they would release it on dvd)can recommend this book if you're a western fan. Director/scriptwriter Richard Brooks made me sit up with his 1965 film 'Lord Jim,' which was a fine adaptation of the Joseph Conrad's novel. Brooks has adapted the story of Milton Lott and written the script of this earlier 1956 film 'The Last Hunt' that he directed. This western is unusual on several counts. It is humanistic.

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The Last Hunt is a 1956 MGMwestern film directed by Richard Brooks and produced by Dore Schary. The screenplay was by Richard Brooks from the novel The Last Hunt, by Milton Lott. The music score was by Daniele Amfitheatrof and the cinematography by Russell Harlan.

The film stars Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger, with Lloyd Nolan, Debra Paget and Russ Tamblyn.

Plot[edit]

Sandy McKenzie (Stewart Granger) sets out on his last hunt with his new partner, the obsessive Charles Gilson (Robert Taylor). While McKenzie has grown tired of buffalo hunting, Gilson derives a pleasure from his 'stands' – killing an entire herd of buffalo at one time. When Gilson chases down and kills an Indian raiding party, he takes an Indian woman and her child captive. The presence of the native woman causes tension and Gilson becomes increasingly paranoid and deranged, leading to a stand-off between the two former partners.

In the final scene, McKenzie and the woman emerge from shelter to find that Gilson, though wearing a buffalo hide as protection from the cold, has frozen to death during the night, while waiting to ambush them.^[2]

Original novel[edit]

The New York Times said 'except for A.B. Guthrie's 'The Big Sky' and 'The Way West' I can think of no novel about the Old West published within the last fifteen years as good as 'The Last Hunt,' by Milton Lott. This is the real thing, a gritty, tough, exciting story reeking with the pungent smells of dead buffalo and of dirty men.'^[3]W.R. Burnett called it an 'undeniably able and interesting book.'^[4]

Development[edit]

MGM bought the film rights and announced it as a vehicle for Stewart Granger in February 1955. 'It's real Americana,' said the star.^[5] Richard Brooks was assigned the job of adapting and directing.^[6] The film was the first of only three westerns directed by Brooks, and was his first film following the critically acclaimed Blackboard Jungle (1955).

In March Robert Taylor was announced as co-star.^[7] Russ Tamblyn was then given the lead support part as a half Indian.^[8]

Lloyd Nolan was also cast - his first film role in over a year and a half, during which time he had played The Caine Mutiny Court Martial on stage.^[9]Anne Bancroft was cast as the Indian girl.^[10]

Production[edit]

Eighty percent of the movie was shot on location over a seven-week period. This took place at the Badlands National Park and Custer State Park in South Dakota during the then-annual 'thinning' of the buffalo herd.^[11] Resident evil 3 iso hd.

Actual footage of buffalo being shot and killed (by government marksmen) was used for the film. Harvey Lancaster of Custer was the main marksman for the filming.

The story takes place during the winter but was actually filmed during the scorching summer months in Custer State Park. When temperatures reached triple digits, Stewart Granger, whose costume consisted of full winter clothing, passed out from heat exhaustion and the crew had to cut away his clothes to revive him.

Granger and director Brooks were reportedly not fond of one another, especially after Brooks married Granger's ex-wife, Jean Simmons.

After three weeks of filming, Anne Bancroft was injured during filming after falling from a horse. She was replaced by Debra Paget.^[12][13]

During filming Dore Schary announced Taylor and Granger would be reteamed in another western, The Return of Johnny Burro with Granger playing a villain and Taylor a hero.^[14] However the film was not made.

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

The film earned $1,750,000 in North American rental during its first year of release.^[15] It recorded admissions of 1,201,326 in France.^[16]

According to MGM records, the film earned $1,604,000 in the US and Canada and $1,379,000 overseas, resulting in a loss of $323,000.^[1]

'The public couldn't stand it,' said Brooks. 'In England most of the scenes with the buffalo were cut out. In the States they couldn't stand it because of their own guilt.. I learnt something very valuable: when you deal with a subject that is traditional, don't deny it to the public.. If you want to do the real thing, the way the West really was, do it on a small budget and don't expect any miracles.'^[17]

Cast[edit]

Comic book adaption[edit]

• DellFour Color #678 (February 1956)^[18][19]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abc'The Eddie Mannix Ledger’, Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles
2. ^Film Score Monthly - The Last Hunt. Accessed 21 January 2016
3. ^Books of The TimesBy ORVILLE PRESCOTT. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 13 Oct 1954: 29.
4. ^Struggle Unto Death: THE LAST HUNT. By Milton Lott. 399 pp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. $3.95.By W.R. BURNETT. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 31 Oct 1954: BR4.
5. ^Stewart Granger to Do Film on Buffalo Hunting in '70sHopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 11 Feb 1955: a10.
6. ^FOX APPROPRIATES $1,000,000 FOR TV: Studio Will Convert Plant to New Medium Films -- Some Space Already LeasedBy THOMAS M. PRYOR Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 12 Feb 1955: 10.
7. ^METRO SCHEDULES FILM ABOUT BISON: Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger Will Be Teamed for 'The Last Hunt'By THOMAS M. PRYOR Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 26 Mar 1955: 12.
8. ^Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds to Co-Star in 'Tender Trap'Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 09 Apr 1955: 12.
9. ^Nolan Shuns Hero Movie Role; So Star with Taylor, GrangerHopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 29 Apr 1955: a6.
10. ^Lucille Ball, Arnaz Plan Stage MusicalHopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 11 July 1955: b10.
11. ^HOLLYWOOD BULLETINS: M-G-M Prepares to Invade the Buffalo Country -- Busy Studio -- Other ItemsBy WILLIAM H. BROWNELL Jr.HOLLYWOOD. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 12 June 1955: X5.
12. ^Moreno Quits Natives; Paget Now in 'Last Hunt'; Clift Eyed for TolstoySchallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 20 Aug 1955: 13.
13. ^DEVIL'S DISCIPLE' PLANNED AS FILM: Hecht-Lancaster Arranging With Pascal Estate to Do Shaw's Great ComedyBy THOMAS M. PRYOR Special to The New York Times. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 20 Aug 1955: 20.
14. ^Drama: 'Johnny Burro' to Reteam Taylor, Granger; Korda to Do 'Burlington Bertie'Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 13 Oct 1955: B15.
15. ^'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957
16. ^Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France at Box Office Story
17. ^Mayersberg, Paul (1967). Hollywood, the haunted house. Allen Lane, Penguin P. p. 109.
18. ^'Dell Four Color #678'. Grand Comics Database.
19. ^Dell Four Color #678 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links[edit]

• The Last Hunt on IMDb
• Review at Variety
• The Last Hunt at TCMDB

—.In 1883, in South Dakota, the former buffalo hunter Sandy McKenzie is tired of hunting the animals. He is approached by Charlie Gilson, a man that feels pleasure in killing buffalos and Indians, who proposes a high salary to him to hunt buffalos for him. They associate to each other and hire the skilled skinner Woodfoot and the half-Indian Jimmy O'Brien to help them. When a group of Indians steal their horses, Charlie hunts them down and kills them in their camp. Charlie finds a gorgeous Indian girl with a baby boy and he brings her to his camp to be his woman. However, Sandy and she are attracted to each other but they fear Charlie.

Over the days, the tension between them increases until the day Charlie kills a white buffalo that is sacred for the Indians. —.It's 1883 in the Dakota Territory. Sandy McKenzie has spent most of his life as a buffalo hunter in one capacity or another, he now getting tired of the life. It is a dying profession as the number of buffalo roaming the plains is nowhere what it once was.

As Sandy's reputation precedes him, Charlie Gilson, who he meets in the course of hunting, convinces him to go into the buffalo trade together, it, according to Charlie, still more lucrative than the primary alternative of cattle ranching. They hire Woodfoot, a grizzled one-legged long time skinner a little too fond of the drink, and Jimmy O'Brien, a young outcast in his half-Indian background, also to be a skinner. The business partners are a mismatched pair, Sandy who is methodical and can see the big picture, while Charlie is hot headed and quick to pull a trigger to kill before asking questions, especially if the person at the other end of the gun is an Indian.

Although they are able to make good money working together, there is an inevitable breaking point, with only one man left standing at the end regardless if one or the other actually pulls the trigger on the other, the issue being: a young Indian woman and her infant who join their camp out of it being an better option than the alternative, with Charlie treating her like his possession; and/or a rare white buffalo which can garner more money for them than all the others combined, it which Charlie has no qualms in killing but Sandy who wants to see it live as being a sacred beast to the Indians.