In the Colorado Rockies, Sheriff Scott, heads a posse that is after four escaped convicts, and thought it is his sworn duty to return the men dead or alive, he is, as always, reluctant to kill his fellow man. He is accompanied by Jaynes, a tavern owner, who takes much delight in his telescopic rifle, and by "Smitty," a gas station held up the escapees and more than ready to show she can be as tough as any man, although she seems to have some other motive for getting to the leader of the convicts, Kaygo.
Acting
Doris Dowling's simmering ulterior motives steal every scene.
Cinematography
Rocky Mountain isolation that swallows the posse whole.
Director
Marvin R. Weinstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Marvin R. Weinstein made exactly two features; this was his first and last attempt at Western noir.
Doris Dowling was fresh off Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend—her 'fallen woman' energy here subverts typical 1956 heroine purity.
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