Twin sisters, one cowboy, and Raymond Burr playing the heavy—1950s Hollywood knew how to party.
In old Spanish California, dashing cattleman Juan Obregon returns to the rancho of his friend Gaspar Melo, to find he's fathered a son on Rosa, one of Gaspar's identical twin daughters. Overjoyed, he plans to formalize his "unofficial" marriage. But trouble brews; Melo's land is of unclear title and the new Don Domingo hopes to grab it for his own profit. Violence results. Without even knowing who survived, Juan (accompanied by Rosa's tomboy sister Tonya) rides for revenge, through spectacular pastoral and wilderness scenery.
Cinematography
John Alton's Technicolor pastoral shots slap absurdly hard.
Acting
Yvonne De Carlo playing against herself with zero budget.
Direction
Dwan's 84-minute efficiency: no scene survives by accident.
Director
Allan Dwan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Allan Dwan directed over 400 films across 50 years; this was one of his last with Republic Pictures before television swallowed the B-Western.
Yvonne De Carlo shot her scenes as each twin separately with body doubles, never interacting with herself—split-screen was too expensive for Republic's budget.
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