The Last Outpost (1951 film)

The Last Outpost
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLewis R. Foster
Written byWinston Miller
Daniel Mainwaring (as Geoffrey Homes)
George Worthing Yates
David Lang (story)
Produced byWilliam H. Pine
William C. Thomas
StarringRonald Reagan
Rhonda Fleming
Bruce Bennett
Bill Williams
Noah Beery Jr.
John Ridgely
CinematographyLoyal Griggs
Music byLucien Cailliet
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 4, 1951 (1951-04-04)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Last Outpost is a 1951 American Technicolor Western film directed by Lewis R. Foster, set in the American Civil War with brothers on opposite sides. This film is character actor Burt Mustin's film debut at the age of 67.

The film earned an estimated $1,225,000 at the US box office in 1951.[1] The Last Outpost had the distinction of being the most successful film for the prolific B movie company, Pine-Thomas Productions.[2] The film was re-released in 1962 by Citation Films Inc. under the title Cavalry Charge.

  1. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
  2. ^ Dick, Bernard F. (2001). Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood, University Press of Kentucky, p. 33