Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 05/01/2007
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: GT Media
The title character in this made-for-cable
contemporary Western could be hard-bitten cattle rancher
John William Cooper (
Lance Henriksen), or, for that matter,
John's long-estranged daughter
Jacqueline "Jake" Cooper (
Jennie Garth). Having broken off relations with her dad due to an unpleasant incident involving her mother,
Jake returns to Dry Creek Ranch after an eight-year absence with her young son,
Billy (
Dylan Wagner), in tow. The reasons have little to do with father-daughter love;
John's father has died, and the ranch is now mortgaged to the hilt. Out of a sense of obligation,
Jake agrees to work the ranch in hopes of putting it back on its financial feet, all the while keeping her distance from the taciturn
John. Other interested parties include cowboy
Morgan Murphy (
Bradley Cooper), who wants to help
Jake despite her father's resistance to
Morgan's "newfangled" ranching methods, and
John's old pal
Amos (
M.C. Gainey), who is determined to mend the fences between
John and
Jake.
The Last Cowboy was first broadcast by the
Hallmark Channel on January 17, 2003.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide