Last Man Standing is a 1996 action film written and directed by Walter Hill, starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, and Bruce Dern. It is a credited remake of the Akira Kurosawa film Yojimbo. In Prohibition-era Texas, a mysterious character drives into Jericho, near the Mexican border . The town is virtually deserted except for two feuding bootleg gangs – the Italians under Fredo Strozzi, and the Irish under Doyle – that have driven the other residents away, aside from the bartender Joe Monday , an undertaker,M. Blair "Smiley" Richardson, a mechanic, "Slim", and a corrupt... sheriff, Ed Galt , 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, called Finn, a brazen act that gets the attention of both gangs. Smith promptly hires himself out to Strozzi's gang for what Strozzi 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 against each other.
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| Release date: | September 20, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Walter Hill |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Walter Hill, Arthur M. Sarkissian |
| Editor: | Freeman A. Davies |
| Music by: | Ry Cooder |
| Cinematography: | Lloyd Ahern II |
| Screenplay by: | Walter Hill |
| Estimated budget: | $67,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller, Western |