Robert Mitchum shows up in a western ranch town with written orders hiring him to work on a family's farm. While Tom Tully and Walter Brennan are fine with Bob's presence, Barbara Bel Geddes isn't happy, which clearly shows there's something wrong with her. If Robert Mitchum showed up on your ranch, would you complain?
There's a bit of a love triangle between Barbara, Bob, and Robert Preston, and as the movie progresses, it seems like there's a deeper rift than just romance. Families are fighting families, friends are double-crossing each other, and poor Bob is caught in the middle. And since the girl his character is written to fall in love with is a royal pain-chewing him out in front of an audience and shooting at him point-blank range-how is he supposed to have any fun? Well, he has about as much fun as the audience does while watching it, which is, sadly, not much. Unless you're crazy about Robert Preston and want to see him in his pre-The Music Man days, you don't have to rent this one.
There's a bit of a love triangle between Barbara, Bob, and Robert Preston, and as the movie progresses, it seems like there's a deeper rift than just romance. Families are fighting families, friends are double-crossing each other, and poor Bob is caught in the middle. And since the girl his character is written to fall in love with is a royal pain-chewing him out in front of an audience and shooting at him point-blank range-how is he supposed to have any fun? Well, he has about as much fun as the audience does while watching it, which is, sadly, not much. Unless you're crazy about Robert Preston and want to see him in his pre-The Music Man days, you don't have to rent this one.