This is a better western then King Vidor's Duel In The Sun and just as good as some of Kirk Douglas's westerns. Douglas's westerns were always better when he worked with a better director like Howard Hawks on The Big Sky and Joseph Mankiewicz on There Was a Crooked Man. Douglas also had another western come out the same year as this one called The Indian Fighter but this one was much better. Douglas is a drifter leaving Texas and heading out west and winds up becoming a mentor to William Campbell. Claire Trevor runs a brothel and is friends with Douglas and he winds up getting a job working for Jay C. Flippen. Jeanne Crain turns out to be the real owner and brings in some hired guns like Richard Boone. It's a pretty good western and one of Douglas's best.
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