Randolph Scott's last journeyman piece for Columbia for producer Harry Joe Brown and scripted by Burt Kennedy was also Bud Boetticher's final mainstream outing before he left Hollywood to make the disastrous 'Arruza' is this good-looking quickie shot entirely outdoors.
Once again Randy plays a cowpoke of dubious morals while Nancy Gates is allowed to be rather more robust than your usual leading lady and proves herself quite a horsewoman (although that doesn't save her from being dunked in a horsetrough).
As the heavies Claude Akins, Skip Homier and Richard Rust are permitted rather more nuanced characterisations than your average baddies.
Once again Randy plays a cowpoke of dubious morals while Nancy Gates is allowed to be rather more robust than your usual leading lady and proves herself quite a horsewoman (although that doesn't save her from being dunked in a horsetrough).
As the heavies Claude Akins, Skip Homier and Richard Rust are permitted rather more nuanced characterisations than your average baddies.