Good suspenser with a few unexpected twists. So who'll win the showdown between toughies Case (Davis) and Link (Gordon) who really stack up strongly against one another. And what will happen when the Cantrell gang riides into town to rob big money from the bank, thanks to their nasty Avery informants. Worse, which direction will the Avery-dependent town go in, since he's their main cash source.
No doubt for an oater it's a more complicated plot than usual, what with all the shifting alliances and manuevering between rival gangs. Still, the screenplay makes the various twists and turns fairly credible.
And catch the great cast of familiar B-players, from deCorsia to Sande to MacLane and especially to the always impressive Leo Gordon. Then too, shouldn't forget Harry Carey Jr., unsurprisingly the oater's one resolute good guy. And that's while Jim Davis makes a compelling John Wayne type of grim determination.
Anyway, don't expect a lot of good scenery from the greater
LA locations. Nonetheless, it's a better-than average western, with a blonde lady who even knows how to shoot and surprise front-row geezers like me. So catch up with the 1959 flick if you can. After all, good drama never dates regardless of pedigree.