To the Last Man (1933 film)

To the Last Man is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film starring Randolph Scott and Esther Ralston, which was and directed by Henry Hathaway from a screenplay by Jack Cunningham based on a story by Zane Grey. The Paramount property was previously made as a silent film, Victor Fleming's 1923 film version of the same title. The supporting cast of Hathaway's version features Jack La Rue, Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Noah Beery, Sr., Shirley Temple, Fuzzy Knight, Gail Patrick and John Carradine. Child actors Delmar Watson and Shirley Temple were praised by Variety (Edwards, 41).

The film was reissued under the title Law of Vengeance.

Cast

Plot

A feud between the Colby and the Hayden families, starts in the hills of Kentucky and continues in the West after the American Civil War. Also involved is the conflict between vigilantism and the law in a frontier environment, and lovers from the two feuding families. At one point, one of the villains shoots the head off Shirley Temple's character's doll.

See also

• List of films in the public domain in the United States

References

• Edwards, Anne (1988), Shirley Temple: American Princess, William Morrow and Company 

External links

• To the Last Man at the Internet Movie Database
• To the Last Man is available for free download at the Internet Archive