

A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
Acting
Stanwyck and Huston destroy furniture and each other.
Cinematography
Harry Stradling makes New Mexico look mythic and menacing.
Direction
Mann turns family dinner into psychological warfare.

Director
Anthony Mann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mann called this his 'King Lear in the West'—and Huston based TC on his own domineering father.
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