The Last Outlaw (1919) proved very tantalizing. An end-of-the-West Western, it shows its grizzled hero revisiting the town of his youthful exploits. But now, in an anticipation of Ride the High Country (1962), civilization has taken over. Cars chase Bud off the streets and the theatre features movies (Universal Bluebirds at that, a bit of product placement). Ford heightens the contrast by letting us into the hero’s memory, introduced by the title: “Memories of the past flashing back to him”—the earliest reference to the term “flashback” I recall seeing in the movies.
John Ford
Director
Edgar Jones
Bud Coburn
Lucille Hutton
Idaleen Coburn
Neola May
Neola
Richard Cummings
Sherriff Brownlo
Jack Walters
Chad Allen
Boss Nigger66%
Barbarosa59%
Two Rode Together64%
Old Henry72%
True Grit73%
Young Guns II65%
Young Guns67%
American Outlaws60%
The Last Wagon65%
Day of Reckoning63%
A Million Ways to Die in the West60%
Terror on the Prairie61%
Dead for a Dollar58%
Nevada Smith67%
Go West65%
The Harder They Fall66%
Montana Story60%
The Unholy Trinity63%
First Cow70%
True Grit73%
