LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Oslo Jargo (Bartok Kinski) *** This review may contain spoilers ***The Last of the Fast Guns (1958) isn't a bad Western and the location is gorgeous, I think that's what pulls it through. At the start, two gunfighters shoot it out in town and the winner is invited to speak with an old man. He offers the winning gunfighter a job, to go look for his lost brother, who disappeared in Mexico. Jock Mahoney plays the gunfighter, he isn't very magnetic or interesting, but nonetheless he possesses the gunfighter creed.Mexican actor Gilbert Roland is here as well, the same as usual, being suave and smoking a lot. He works for Lorne Greene, who is gone for most of the picture. the gunfighter looks for the supposed-dead brother and finds a bit of a mystery. The ending was rather contrived, but it isn't a horrible picture.

David_Brown "Last Of The Fast Guns" is an okay Western, not bad, but not worth some of the high grades I see here on IMDb from some of the people (I admit very few) who actually saw it. I just saw it again on Sunday (Encore Westerns), after a number of years, and the flaws I saw back then were even more obvious than before: 1: There is absolutely no chemistry between Brad Ellison (Jock Mahoney) and Maria O'Reilly (Linda Crystal). For the Western fan who knows who Linda Crystal was ("Two Rode Together", "The Fiend That Walked The West", "High Chaparrel" & "The Alamo") you get what I mean , and know Linda possessed incredible beauty and charm. For those who don't, think Salma Hayak and you get the picture. Thus, how could Linda be cast and have no chemistry? I do not get it 2: Having that title and (Spoilers ahead) no major gunfight, with Brad killing bad guy Miles Land (Gilbert Roland) with a lasso. 3: Not enough action. Go see "Son Of A Gunfighter" instead. Same theme (Including hiding out in Mexico from your past (Like Edward Forbes/Padre Jose (Eduard Franz) and others do (And which Brad will do at the end) , but more action (Including gunfights), and better 1,000 times chemistry between the American man and Mexican woman. Basically a fair western. 6/10 stars.

dbdumonteil This is a western but the plot could be that of a film noir ,a thriller: a wealthy man in a wheelchair hires a gunfighter to find back his brother and heir;he probably won't live that long and he does not want his fortune to fall into the hands of an unscrupulous associate.The story is a quest and the identity of the brother which I will not reveal of course, for it's one of the few surprises of the film, is a bit unexpected ,but all in all,makes sense .The female star,Linda Cristal has not really many things to do (except for a bath in her birthday's suit ,but no close shots!);Lorne Greene as his dad has not much to do either.

gyokusai This movie features one of the smartest Western scripts from the time, with a terrific plot line, sharp dialogs, and believable characters. The ending, as has been commented upon, is indeed “short and not settled with firearms,” but there’s three excellent reasons it had to be that way, related to character, plot, and story arch, respectively. I don’t want to spoil any of it, but you’ll see when you see it. You could say, though, that the script’s a little bit too tight-knit/too smart toward the end and maneuvered itself into some predictability. But everything else makes up for it. Another thing I liked about this ’58 movie was that it pretty much managed to avoid stereotyping, endemic to so many Westerns set against the background of the Rio Grande neighborhood. So I guess 9 out of 10 stars would be a fair call.