The Last Hunt

The Last Hunt is a 1956 American western film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger, with Lloyd Nolan, Debra Paget and Russ Tamblyn. It was produced by Dore Schary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 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. Plot 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. Cast Robert Taylor as Charles Gilson Stewart Granger as Sandy McKenzie Lloyd Nolan as Woodfoot Debra Paget as Indian Girl Russ Tamblyn as Jimmy O'Brien Constance Ford as Peg Joe DeSantis as Ed Black Ainslie Pryor as First Buffalo Hunter Ralph Moddy as Indian Agent Fred Graham as Bartender Ed Lonehill as Spotted Hand Roy Barcroft as Major Smith (uncredited)