John Ford's last conventional western was his first with Jimmy Stewart; with Stewart first appearing balancing on a chair like Henry Fonda in 'My Darling Clementine' and several of Ford's repertory company still present (including a very eccentric cameo by Mae Marsh).
At first the tone recalls Stewart's later farcical Dodge City interlude in 'Cheyenne Autumn'. But despite the title there's far more talk than riding, and despite a superficial resemblance to 'The Searchers' (from which Henry Brandon returns as a very saturnine Indian chief), Ford wasn't really interested, and the film - as Allan Eyles later wrote - lacks "any real sense of urgency or purpose".
As attractively shot by Charles Lawton in Eastman Color it looks good, however, and it's always good to see either Stewart or Richard Widmark.
At first the tone recalls Stewart's later farcical Dodge City interlude in 'Cheyenne Autumn'. But despite the title there's far more talk than riding, and despite a superficial resemblance to 'The Searchers' (from which Henry Brandon returns as a very saturnine Indian chief), Ford wasn't really interested, and the film - as Allan Eyles later wrote - lacks "any real sense of urgency or purpose".
As attractively shot by Charles Lawton in Eastman Color it looks good, however, and it's always good to see either Stewart or Richard Widmark.