Only a last-minute rescue saved him from being hanged.

He could see the relaxation in their faces, the joy of a last-minute rescue, the knowledge that the Imperium had not abandoned them.

We can't feel the pathos of a young warrior's death or the suspense of a last-minute rescue.

My friends were risking everything to attempt a desperate last-minute rescue.

It looked like he was going to pull off another last-minute rescue.

There would be no last-minute rescue this time and he was far too weak and old for muscular heroics.

Hazel looked quickly around, hoping against hope for a last-minute rescue, or at least a breathing space.

The ending is rather forced, with the equivalent of the Marines racing to a last-minute rescue.

And the film is shaped as an uplifting survival story, complete with a last-minute rescue.

In the long jump, there was no need for a last-minute emotional rescue by Lewis this time.