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- 1976
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 38 m
- 1976
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 38 m
Summary In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Zach Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.
Directed By: Andrew V. McLaglen
Written By: Brian Garfield, Guerdon Trueblood
- 1976
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 38 m
- 1976
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 38 m
The Last Hard Men
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55
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Summary In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Zach Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.
Directed By: Andrew V. McLaglen
Written By: Brian Garfield, Guerdon Trueblood
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
55
25% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
75% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
55
25% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
75% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The Last Hard Men is a fairly good actioner with handsome production values and some thoughtful overtones. Charlton Heston and James Coburn are both fine as a retired lawman and his half-Indian nemesis matching their wits in 1909 Arizona along the way to one last bloody confrontation.
The Last Hard Men is not just a horse opera; it's practically Tristan and Isolde. Only the love-death relation isn't between a man and a woman but between a retired lawman and a halfbreed Navajo who is obsessed with the notion of killing him.
The cast gives believable and realistic performances, with script and direction contributing a sleekness, although the underlying messages receive undue emphasis.
The occasional elegiac tone lamenting the passing of the West seems entirely out of place. Only Michael Parks, still aping James Dean at nearly 40, provides some welcome distraction.
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