The Last Command

1955Movie⏱️ 1h 45mApproved

DramaHistoryWarWestern

⭐ 6.3

IMDB Rating

1,078 votes

Moderate Jim Bowie leads rebellious Texicans--and Davy Crockett--in a last-ditch stand against his old friend, Santa Ana.

Director

Frank Lloyd

Writers

Warren Duff, Sy Bartlett

Stars

Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson

Release Date

August 3, 1955

Language

English, Spanish

Country

United States

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🎭 Top Cast

Sterling Hayden

as Jim Bowie

Anna Maria Alberghetti

as Consuelo de Quesada

Richard Carlson

as William B. Travis

Arthur Hunnicutt

as Davy Crockett

Ernest Borgnine

as Mike Radin

J. Carrol Naish

as Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

Ben Cooper

as Jeb Lacey

John Russell

as Lt. Dickinson

Virginia Grey

as Mrs. Dickinson

Jim Davis

as Ben Evans

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.66 : 1

Filming Location

Brackettville, Texas, USA

Production

Republic Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

songsingersingingrevisionist historytexican

🎯 Categories

Classical WesternWar EpicDramaHistoryWarWestern

⭐ Featured Review

First and Best

by KingCoody • 2003-10-17

"I always liked this Alamo epic better than Wayne's because it moved faster and Sterling Hayden and Arthur Hunnicutt looked like Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett might have been. Hunnicutt's death scene influenced Wayne's in his epic but I'll rate Hunnicutt's an A+ for less "operatic" posing and a more real "I'll take you to hell with me realism. The teeny bopper love angle could've of been dropped though...."

💡 Did You Know?

The melody to "The Ballad of Rock Ridge" from the western spoof Blazing Saddles (1974) is taken almost note for note from this film's "Jim Bowie", sung by Gordon MacRae. Coincidentally, Slim Pickens appears in both films.