Having been falsely accused aboard a riverboat of the murder of a rich rancher named "Matt Comfort" (Minor Watson), a gambler by the name of "Ben Matthews" (Tony Curtis) makes his escape and heads out west as fast as can. However, after not receiving any letters from his girlfriend "Zoe Fontaine" (Colleen Miller) for a number of months he decides to ride back to the same town where the friends of Matt currently reside. Yet, even though he has adopted a totally different name, on the way back he meets a con-man by the name of "Rick Harper" (Arthur Kennedy) who knows all about him and insists upon tagging along for the chance of making a quick buck-legitimate or otherwise. If that wasn't bad enough, the rich owner of a saloon where Zoe works named "Andre Boucher" (Peter van Eyck) not only knows everything about Ben but also wants Zoe all to himself and will stop at nothing to have his way. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this started out pretty well but the plot seemed to take a few more twists along the way than was really necessary. Likewise, some of the scenes were just a bit too convenient to be taken at face value as well. In any case, I thought that this was an okay western and have rated it accordingly. Average.
Review of The Rawhide Years
