The first film produced by Harry Cohn's brother Jack, and a version of this film's plot was used in 1937's "End of the Trail" that also starred Jack Holt as the good-man-gone-wrong who is executed. War-time buddies Cookie Leonard (Jack Holt) and Mike O'Dowd (Tom Moore) return from World War One and returning home, Mike becomes a police officer but Cookie finds his old job as a reporter on the Herald is no longer vacant, and he takes up with gangster/bootlegger A.
If you're looking for a breezy Saturday night watch, The Last Parade might be a heavy lift. It is strictly for people who like their pre-code dramas served with a side of fatalism and stiff collars. If you hate movies where the 'good guy' seems destined for a bad end from the very first frame, just skip this one. Hones...
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"If you're looking for a breezy Saturday night watch, The Last Parade might be a heavy lift. It is strictly for people who like their pre-code dramas served with a side of fatalism and stiff collars. If you hate movies where the 'good guy' seems destined for a bad end from the very first frame, just skip this one. Honestly, it’s not exactly light entertainment. Jack Holt plays Cookie with that specific kind of chin-out grit that just screams 'trouble is coming.' When he and Mike O'Dowd get back ..."
Eddy Chandler
Casey Robinson, Dorothy Howell
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