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7.3/10
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An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.
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- 1 win
Robert Anderson
- Jace
- (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Anne Kunde
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Christopher Olsen
- Jeff
- (uncredited)
Fred Sherman
- Hank Parker
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough playing the older man, Arthur Hunnicutt was actually twelve years younger than Randolph Scott.
- GoofsAs Brennan rides into town, after the meeting with the station keeper and his son, he passes the stage, which is standing in the street. Behind the stage, in the street behind, there is a parked car.
- Quotes
[last lines]
[Pat, to the weeping Doretta, after he has killed three murderous kidnappers]
Pat Brennan: Come on now. It's gonna be a nice day.
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Another Boetticher Marvel
This is an example of a western made with not much money and very much punch. Boetticher delivers again and this is one of his best, with But Kennedy on hand to craft an excellent script.
Critics wax eloquent about Anthony Mann's use of scenery (as if he had nothing to say or do beyond that) but never mention Boetticher's use of the physical world and its geometry, but there is definitely something to speak of them in this film. The rocks and the rocks behind the rocks are beautifully used here and their iconography (an unadorned rock-solid shoot-out) work wonderfully well.
Scott is occasionally sappy during the beginning, admitted, but confronted with unspeakable crimes, never explicit or explained in full, are avenged with cool efficiency and nothing sentimental whatsoever from then on. The O'Hara-Scott relation is absolutely fascinating. This is a western for people who take westerns straight.
Curtis Stotlar
Critics wax eloquent about Anthony Mann's use of scenery (as if he had nothing to say or do beyond that) but never mention Boetticher's use of the physical world and its geometry, but there is definitely something to speak of them in this film. The rocks and the rocks behind the rocks are beautifully used here and their iconography (an unadorned rock-solid shoot-out) work wonderfully well.
Scott is occasionally sappy during the beginning, admitted, but confronted with unspeakable crimes, never explicit or explained in full, are avenged with cool efficiency and nothing sentimental whatsoever from then on. The O'Hara-Scott relation is absolutely fascinating. This is a western for people who take westerns straight.
Curtis Stotlar
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