The Last Ride - Original Trailer 1944 Video

The Last Ride was also the last production to emanate from Warner Bros.' B-picture division. The plot involves the illicit wartime market in stolen tires (rubber was, of course, a priority), with Richard Travis and Charles Lang as Pat and Mike Harrigan, brothers on the opposite sides of the law. Borrowing a few elements from the 1936 Warners film Bullets or Ballots, police detective Pat Harrigan is dishonorably discharged from the force, but it's merely a ploy to bring the black-market tire thieves out in the open. The plan hinges on whether or not Pat can convince Mike to turn honest before the final reel. Eleanor Parker plays Kitty Kelly, whose primary function in the film is to get kidnapped during the climactic showdown. The Last Ride was directed by D. Ross Lederman, whose legendary ability to match new footage with old stock shots is given quite a workout here.

Richard Travis - Pat Harrigan
Charles Lang - Mike Harrigan
Eleanor Parker - Kitty Kelly
Jack LaRue - Joe Genna
Wade Boteler - Delaney
Mary Gordon - Mrs. Kelly
Harry Lewis - Harry Bronson
Virginia Patton - Hazel Dale
Ross Ford - Joe Taylor
Jack Mower - Shannon
Frank Mayo - Picardi
Stuart Holmes - Maltby
Leah Baird - Mrs. Bronson
Michael Ames - Fritz Hummel
Cy Kendall - Capt. Butler