A Texan arrives in Oregon and seeks justice for his innocently-hanged brother.
Acting
Yvonne De Carlo runs a criminal empire in crinoline and commands it.
Direction
Sherwood crams a 2-hour epic into 76 lean, mean minutes.
Writing
1956 and somehow the women have all the actual power? Wild.
Director
John Sherwood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director John Sherwood's feature debut after years as an assistant director on Universal's monster movies.
Yvonne De Carlo was fresh off playing Moses' wife in The Ten Commandments—this role as a ruthless saloon owner with a secret past was deliberate career repositioning.
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