The Last Frontier (1955 film)

The Last Frontier
Directed byAnthony Mann
Written byPhilip Yordan
Russell S. Hughes
Based onThe Gilded Rooster
1947 novel
by Richard Emery Roberts
Produced byWilliam Fadiman
StarringVictor Mature
Guy Madison
Robert Preston
Anne Bancroft
James Whitmore
CinematographyWilliam C. Mellor
Edited byAl Clark
Music byLeigh Harline
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • December 7, 1955 (1955-12-07) (New York City)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million (US)[1]

The Last Frontier is a 1955 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, and Anne Bancroft. The film is set during the American Civil War at an isolated army base at the far reaches of the American frontier, where the Indians still far outnumber the whites.

The Last Frontier was filmed in Technicolor and CinemaScope. On television, it has been shown retitled as Savage Wilderness.

  1. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957