The Last Wagon (1956 film)

The Last Wagon
Directed byDelmer Daves
Screenplay byJames Edward Grant
Delmer Daves
Gwen Bagni
(as Gwen Bagni Gielgud)
Story byGwen Bagni
(as Gwen Bagni Gielgud)
Produced byWilliam B. Hawks
StarringRichard Widmark
CinematographyWilfred Cline
Edited byHugh S. Fowler
Music byLionel Newman
Color processDeLuxe Color
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • September 21, 1956 (1956-09-21)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,670,000[1]
Box office$1,500,000 (US rentals)[2]

The Last Wagon is a 1956 American CinemaScope western film starring Richard Widmark. It was co-written and directed by Delmer Daves and tells a story set during the American Indian Wars: the survivors of an Indian massacre must rely on a man wanted for several murders to lead them out of danger.

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p250
  2. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957