Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad man" (O'Brien) boards an Eastbound train, where he strikes up a friendship with a genial gangster (J. Carroll Naish). Later on, the cowboy returns to the West as a member of the gangster's gang. He poses as the heir to a vast cattle ranch, never dreaming that he really is the heir. When the truth is revealed, the wayward cowboy switches to the side of the Law, while another of the gangster's flunkeys (Claire Trevor) reveals herself to be an honest newspaperwoman -- and thus a suitable candidate for romance.

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Cast

George O'Brien

Tom Daley

Claire Trevor

Patricia Carter

El Brendel

Newt Olsen

Matt McHugh

Looney McGann

J. Carrol Naish

John Ross

George H. Reed

Japonica Jones

Lucille La Verne

Mrs. Wilson

Ruth Warren

Sally Scott Olsen

Luis Alberni

Pedro Gonzales

Edward LeSaint

Judge Wilson