A gambler builds a church to honor a dead preacher while chasing a woman who breaks every rule he lives by.
Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward. But he finds that there's more to Doll than meets the eye. When his old friend Bucky McLean shows up gunning for Doll, Zeb sees a chance to redeem them all... one way or another.
Acting
Marie Windsor's double role—she's the whole damn point.
Cinematography
Republic Pictures did NOT have to go this hard on shadows.
Writing
The preacher's dying words actually mean something. Rare!
Director
R.G. Springsteen
Bill Elliott
Zeb Smith
Marie Windsor
Mary Carson / Doll Brown
Forrest Tucker
Marshall Bucky McLean
Jim Davis
Gyp Stoner
H.B. Warner
Brother Joseph
Paul Fix
Dusty Stoner
Grant Withers
Sheriff Martin
Emory Parnell
Sheriff Duffy
Esther Howard
Birdie
Jody Gilbert
Full Moon
Harry Woods
Lew Stoner
Denver Pyle
Rex
Trevor Bardette
Wilson
Dewey Robinson
Cheyenne Bartender
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bill Elliott insisted on doing his own riding stunts, which explains why Zeb looks genuinely uncomfortable on a horse.
Republic Pictures made this as a 'prestige Western' to compete with Paramount—note the unusually long runtime and religious themes for a B-studio.
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