The Rebel (TV Series) The Last Drink (1961) User Reviews

Johnny tries to talk his young cousin out of life as a gun slinger

[padutchland-1 · 7/10 · 21 February 2011]

Found an old VHS tape at the flea market with 5 The Rebel shows that someone had recorded off their TV years ago - this show "The Last Drink" is one of them. Nick Adams as Johnny Yuma tracks down his young cousin who is waiting at a cabin for a gun fighter to arrive. The kid is taking a job as a gun slinger. The man he is waiting for (Tom Drake)is a gun fighter who will show the kid the ropes. Johnny was sent by the boy's parents to bring him home. Johnny tries to talk him out of it, but the kid is set on what he thinks is a life of excitement and money. The gun slinger is an alcoholic and the gossip is that the bottle is slowing him down. His trail is being dogged by a would be gun slinger (Steve Marlo) trying to make a name for himself. You get the idea but sorry, can't reveal the ending, but great acting as in all The Rebel shows. Tom Drake was older in this one but I recognized his face and looked him up. He was the boy next door in Meet Me In Saint Louis whom Judy Garland sang about. Saw his face in a bunch of others as well. Steven Marlo perhaps not as well known but an actor with a long list of characters played in TV shows going back into the 1950s.

Tom Drake and Steven Marlo

[kevinolzak · 6/10 · 23 July 2016]

"The Last Drink" finds Johnny Yuma getting in touch with his young cousin Eddie (Jack Chaplain) - literally by a slap across the face, courtesy of the boy's father, for causing his mother so much grief. Eddie is waiting for the arrival of notorious gunslinger Trace Dawes (Tom Drake, previously seen in "Berserk"), and has become enchanted with such a life, going places far and wide, making good money like he never has before. Dawes shows up soon enough, with a would be gunslinger trailing him, Ben Culver (Steven Marlo), whose reputation can only be enhanced if he can outdraw Trace Dawes. Yuma notices that Dawes has become quite fond of the bottle, and worries that his cousin will be in constant danger the longer he sticks around. Making his third and final episode, Steven Marlo was a familiar face for decades, later retained for producer Andrew J. Fenady's dual bill of 1973 horror films, "Terror in the Wax Museum" and "Arnold."