To the Last Man
About To the Last Man
Just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud in Kentucky sends Jed Colby to prison for fifteen years for murder. The Haydens go to Nevada. When Jed gets out, he follows them. The head of the Hayden family tries to stop another round of killing. Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby mean to marry anyway, and the families still meet.
Cast & crew
More about To the Last Man
Henry Hathaway directed. Jack Cunningham wrote the screenplay from Zane Grey's novel, which Paramount had already filmed in 1923. Harold Hurley produced. AFI dates the Grey book to 1922; the 1923 film's Wikipedia dates it 1921. Copyright LP4113, September 14, 1933.
Themes
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Ben F. Reynolds photographed the Paramount Western.
Music
John Leipold is the composer listed on Wikidata.
Preservation
A print circulates, including the Internet Archive copy under the catalog identifier.
Notes
- Randolph Scott plays Lynn Hayden. Esther Ralston plays Ellen Colby. Noah Beery, who was Colter in the 1923 film, plays Jed Colby.
- Buster Crabbe plays Bill Hayden. Jack La Rue plays Jim Daggs. Barton MacLane plays Neil Stanley. Gail Patrick plays Ann Hayden Stanley.
- Shirley Temple, about five, is uncredited as Mary Stanley. John Carradine is uncredited as Pete Garon.
- Variety praised Temple and child actor Delmar Watson.
- American television later ran it as Law of Vengeance.
- John Leipold is credited with the music on Wikidata. Jack Scott edited.
Scenes
- Jed Colby leaves prison and heads for the Haydens in Nevada.
- Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby plan to marry while the families are still armed.
Influenced by
- To the Last Man, the Zane Grey novel
- To the Last Man (1923)
Also available
- Internet Archive (ZaneGreysToTheLastMan1933-RandolphScott)
