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The Last Hard Men

The Last Hard Men

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The Last Hard Men

"Too Mean to Forgive... Too Mad to Forget!"

1976

1h 38m

6.1(67 votes)

Western

Overview

In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.

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20th Century Fox

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Sam Burgade

James Coburn

James Coburn

Provo

Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

Susan Burgade

Jorge Rivero

Jorge Rivero

Menendez

Michael Parks

Michael Parks

Noel Nye

Larry Wilcox

Larry Wilcox

Shelby

Thalmus Rasulala

Thalmus Rasulala

Weed

Morgan Paull

Morgan Paull

Shiraz

John Quade

John Quade

Gant

Robert Donner

Robert Donner

Lee Roy

Creative team

Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Written by: Guerdon Trueblood
Produced by: Walter Seltzer
Russell Thacher

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