{{short description|1938 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = The Last Barricade | image = The_Last_Barricade_film_frame_(1938).jpg | caption = Greta Gynt, Paul Sheridan and Frank Fox in a scene from the film. | director = Alex Bryce | producer = John Findlay | writer = Alex Bryce <br /> Robert Gore Brown <br /> Lawrence Green | starring = Frank Fox <br /> Greta Gynt <br /> Meinhart Maur<ref name="PSHOW">{{Cite journal |date=15 October 1938 |title=The Last Barricade |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=10 |id={{ProQuest|1880312845}} |magazine=Picture Show}}</ref> | music = | cinematography = Stanley Grant | editing = | studio = 20th Century Fox | distributor = 20th Century Fox | released = {{Film date|1938|10|17|df=yes}} | runtime = 58 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Last Barricade''''' is a 1938 British drama film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Frank Fox, Greta Gynt and Meinhart Maur.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=The Last Barricade |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150214594 |access-date=17 April 2026 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It was written by Bryce, Robert Gore Brown and Lawrence Green.

== Cast == * Frank Fox as Michael Donovan * Greta Gynt as Maria * Paul Sheridan as Valdez * Meinhart Maur as Don Jose * Dino Galvani as Lopez * Vernon Harris as Captain Lee * Hay Petrie as Captain MacTavish * Andreas Malandrinos as General

== Production == The film was produced by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox at the company's Wembley Studios in London for release as a Quota Quickie.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve. |title=Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film |publisher=British Film Institute |year=2007 |isbn=978-1844571550 |pages=299}}</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art director Carmen Dillon.

== Reception == ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "Photography and acting are reasonable, but many of the incidents, such as Maria's under-fire dash to the factory, and her rescue from prison, are wildly improbable."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1938 |title=The Last Barricade |volume=5 |issue=49 |pages=97 |id={{ProQuest|1305800083}} |magazine=The Monthly Film Bulletin}}</ref>

''Kine Weekly'' wrote: "The director and principal players do their best in the circumstances, but the theme is too lightly written to permit of convincing interpretation. Dramatically the play is nebulous. Quota oftering for the unsophisticated only."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=31 March 1938 |title=The Last Barricade |volume=253 |issue=1615 |pages=39 |id={{ProQuest|2339660640}} |magazine=Kine Weekly}}</ref>

''Picture Show'' wrote: "Deftly directed, competently acted, with convincing settings."<ref name="PSHOW"/>

''The Daily Film Renter'' wrote: "Modest production, providing adequate suspense borne of the fighting on both sides, this makes average popular quota offering.&nbsp;... The picture has some interesting shots of the war, while a frustrated attempt to mine the factory provides fair suspense. Acting is of a reasonable standard, Frank Fox making a fair if unethical reporter, while Greta Gynt is an attractive heroine. Meinhart Maur is convincing as the doctor, while Paul Sheridan does good work as the Spanish commandant."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=26 March 1938 |title=The Last Barricade |volume= |issue=3425 |pages=4 |id={{ProQuest|2826338391}} |magazine=The Daily Film Renter}}</ref>

''Picturegoer'' wrote: "A very artless melodrama&nbsp;... Frank Fox is weak in the lead, and the supporting cast can make little of the parts they are given."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=6 October 1938 |title=The Last Barricade |volume=8 |issue= |pages=28 |id={{ProQuest|1771121952}} |magazine=Picturegoer}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0030344}}

{{Alex Bryce}}

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