“Nothing Could Stop the Last Wagon From Coming Through!”
When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.
Richard Widmark
Comanche Todd
Felicia Farr
Jenny
Susan Kohner
Jolie Normand
Tommy Rettig
Billy
Stephanie Griffin
Valinda Normand
Ray Stricklyn
Clint
Nick Adams
Ridge
Carl Benton Reid
Gen. Howard
Douglas Kennedy
Col. Normand
George Mathews
Sheriff Bull Harper
The Last Wagon is a western film released in 1956 exploring themes of apache nation, wagon train. Directed by Delmer Daves, it stars Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner. When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.
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