Very interesting story, written by Aaron Spelling. Alan Ladd's character went from good guy victim to manipulative, Machiavellian, ruthless, master mind, and killer. Nobody could see that coming.
He was treated very badly by three of the towns, people in particular, when he desperately needed medicine to save his wife's life, as she was struggling with childbirth complications. They all played a part in delaying the life-saving medication until it was too late.
Afterwords, the towns people rallied around him and offered him their friendship and his choice of employment. He chose to be the sheriff's deputy.
From there, we see that he devised a plan to steal $100,000 and get revenge on the town he secretly resented. He carefully recruited for cohorts, in much the same way the recruitment was done in the Magnificent Seven. What we see unfold is a tale of ruthless deception, murder, and double cross.
He was treated very badly by three of the towns, people in particular, when he desperately needed medicine to save his wife's life, as she was struggling with childbirth complications. They all played a part in delaying the life-saving medication until it was too late.
Afterwords, the towns people rallied around him and offered him their friendship and his choice of employment. He chose to be the sheriff's deputy.
From there, we see that he devised a plan to steal $100,000 and get revenge on the town he secretly resented. He carefully recruited for cohorts, in much the same way the recruitment was done in the Magnificent Seven. What we see unfold is a tale of ruthless deception, murder, and double cross.