An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.
Direction
Fuller stages a gunfight through a tornado of torn dresses.
Cinematography
Scope frames so crowded they feel ready to burst.
Acting
Stanwyck's boots alone deserve top billing.
Director
Samuel Fuller
Barbara Stanwyck
Jessica Drummond
Barry Sullivan
Griff Bonell
Dean Jagger
Sheriff Ned Logan
John Ericson
Brockie Drummond
Gene Barry
Wes Bonell
Robert Dix
Chico Bonell
Jidge Carroll
Barney Cashman
Paul Dubov
Judge Macy
Gerald Milton
Shotgun Spanger
Ziva Rodann
Rio
Hank Worden
Marshal John Chisum
Neyle Morrow
Wiley
Chuck Roberson
Howard Swain
Chuck Hayward
Charlie Savage
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fuller filmed Barbara Stanwyck's entrance on a horse at full gallop in a single Scope take—she did her own riding at age fifty.
The film was marketed with taglines like 'Taming' but subverts them—Jessica is never truly tamed, only choosing differently.
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