While trapping with his friends, "Jed" (Victor Mature) discovers an Oregon army fort where the captain (Guy Madison) suggests they become scouts. “Jed” is hoping for a chance to marry and settle down, and this seems like a promising opportunity. However, he sets his sights on someone beyond his reach – the colonel’s wife (Anne Bancroft), who has recently arrived from her home base which was destroyed by Sioux warrior…

Fort Shallan serves as the setting for allegorical explorations. The Last Frontier, also known as Savage Wilderness, is directed by Anthony Mann and features a screenplay by Philip Yordan and Russell Hughes, based on the novel The Gilded Rooster by Richard Emery Roberts. It stars Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, James Whitmore, and Anne Bancroft, with music composed by Leigh Harline and cinematography b…