After he's continually harrassed and bullied by his town's citizens, the orphaned teenage son of a notorious gunslinger takes flight and joins a gang of youthful outlaws.
Acting
Russ Tamblyn's feral, twitchy energy—West Side Story energy in chaps.
Direction
Band frames teenage outlaws with genuine pathos, not exploitation.
Score
Melodramatic strings that somehow work for 1956 teen western angst.
Director
Albert Band
Russ Tamblyn
Tully Rice
Gloria Talbott
Nora Bawdre
Perry Lopez
San Antone
Scott Marlowe
Knox Cutler
Wright King
Jonesy
Walter Coy
Sheriff Jim Peyton
Chubby Johnson
Rongo Jones / Grandpa
Myron Healey
Deputy Nix
Rayford Barnes
Kid Cutler
I. Stanford Jolley
Felix Briggs
Jim Goodwin
Georgie Briggs
Dabbs Greer
Fred
Earle Hodgins
Rancho
Emory Parnell
Padgett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Albert Band later produced Puppet Master and Ghoulies—this was his rare 'prestige' period.
Released same year as The Searchers, this B-western quietly interrogated the same violent masculinity Ford celebrated.
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