Last Man Standing

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

• Director:Walter Hill
• Genre:Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
• Runtime:101 minutes

Cast

Bruce Willis : John Smith
Bruce Dern : Sheriff Ed Galt
William Sanderson : Joe Monday
Christopher Walken : Hickey
David Patrick Kelly : Doyle

In Prohibition Era Texas, a mysterious character (later identifying himself as “John Smith”) drives into Jericho, near the Mexican border. The town is virtually deserted except for two feuding bootleg gangs – one Italian, one Irish – that have driven the other residents away, aside from the bartender Joe Monday (William Sanderson), an undertaker, and a corrupt sheriff (Bruce Dern), all of whom make their living by catering to Jericho’s criminal elements.

Smith immediately establishes a reputation by outdrawing and killing Doyle’s top shooter, a brazen act that gets the attention of both gangs. Smith promptly hires himself out to Strozzi’s gang for what Strozzi (Ned Eisenberg) predicts is an upcoming gang war. Seeing an opportunity to make some easy money while he is on the way to Mexico, he begins playing the two gangs off against each other. This includes seducing Strozzi’s mistress, Lucy (Alexandra Powers) and slipping information to Doyle’s gang through the Sheriff.

The gang war re-starts when Strozzi suborns a corrupt Mexican police captain escorting a convoy of Doyle’s trucks through Mexico to Doyle (David Patrick Kelly). The Mexican police murder Doyle’s men and turn the trucks over to Strozzi.

Smith then quits Strozzi’s gang and hires himself to Doyle’s, bringing valuable information with him. Doyle’s right-hand man, Hickey (Christopher Walken), interrupts a meeting between the Mexican police captain and Strozzi’s cousin Giorgio (Michael Imperioli). After killing the captain (along with a corrupt Border Patrol officer), Hickey takes Giorgio hostage and Doyle demands that Strozzi give up his entire operation in exchange for him. Strozzi forces a stalemate by kidnapping Felina (Karina Lombard), Doyle’s mistress. Doyle agrees to exchange the two prisoners and the two gangs scatter.

Smith is summoned by the Sheriff to meet with Captain Tom Pickett (Ken Jenkins) of the Texas Rangers, who is upset over the death of the Border Patrol officer. He warns that he can tolerate one gang in Jericho, but not two and if more than one remains in Jericho in ten days time, he will bring a squad of Rangers into Jericho and wipe out both gangs. Read more

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