The Last Posse


The Last Posse is a 1953 American Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Charles Bickford and Wanda Hendrix.

Plot

When an anxiously awaited posse returns with neither prisoners nor the stolen money, flashbacks of three different characters, what took place. Having been cheated by Sampson Drune, Art Romer, his brother George and his son Art have robbed him and fled. A posse led by Drune took off after them and although unwanted, the town's drunken sheriff John Frazier joined them. John's influence on Jed Clayton, the adopted son of Drune, is the key to Jed later revealing who killed Drune, the robbers, and what happened to the money.

Cast

FilmInk called it "interesting, complex, tough".