The Last Bandit
1949 film by Joseph Kane
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The Last Bandit is a 1949 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray and Forrest Tucker. It was a remake by Republic Pictures of the 1941 film The Great Train Robbery[1] with a larger budget and using the studio's Trucolor process. The film was remade again in 1952 as South Pacific Trail.
Directed byJoseph Kane
Written byThames Williamson
Luci Ward
Jack Natteford
Luci Ward
Jack Natteford
Based onThe Great Train Robbery
1941 film
by Joseph Kane
1941 film
by Joseph Kane
Produced byJoseph Kane
| The Last Bandit | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Kane |
| Written by | Thames Williamson Luci Ward Jack Natteford |
| Based on | The Great Train Robbery 1941 film by Joseph Kane |
| Produced by | Joseph Kane |
| Starring | Wild Bill Elliott Lorna Gray Forrest Tucker Andy Devine |
| Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
| Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
| Music by | R. Dale Butts |
| Color process | Trucolor |
Production company | Republic Pictures |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Frank Norris, now working as a railroad detective, is implicated in an attempt by his former outlaw colleagues to rob a series of gold shipments.
Partial cast
- Wild Bill Elliott as Frank Norris / Frank Plummer
- Lorna Gray as Kate Foley / Kate Sampson
- Forrest Tucker as Jim Plummer
- Andy Devine as Casey Brown
- Jack Holt as Mort Pemberton
- Minna Gombell as Winnie McPhail
- Grant Withers as Ed Bagley
- Virginia Brissac as Kate's Mother
- Louis Faust as Hank Morse
- Stanley Andrews as Jeff Baldwin
- Martin Garralaga as Patrick Moreno
- Joseph Crehan as Local No. 44 Engineer
- Charles Middleton as Blindfolded Circuit Rider
