The Last Outlaw (1919)

INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
The Last Outlaw (1919) proved very tantalizing.
An end-of-the-West Western, it shows its grizzled hero revisiting the town
of his youthful exploits.
But now, in an anticipation of Ride the High Country (1962),
civilization has taken over.
Cars chase Bud off the streets and the theatre features movies
(Universal Bluebirds at that, a bit of product placement).
Ford heightens the contrast by letting us into the hero’s memory,
introduced by the title: “Memories of the past flashing back to him”
—the earliest reference to the term “flashback” I recall seeing in the movies. ×

Cast
Edgar Jones ... Bud Coburn
Lucille Hutton ... Idaleen Coburn
Richard Cummings ... Sherriff Brownlo
Jack Walters ... Chad Allen

Directed
John Ford ... (as Jack Ford)

Writing Credits
Evelyn Campbell ... (story)
John Ford ... (story)
H. Tipton Steck ... (scenario)

Cinematography
John W. Brown

The Last Outlaw is a 1919 American short Western film directed by John Ford.

Part of this film survives in the British Film Institute film archive
and in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

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