Acting
Rod Taylor's wounded swagger carries the whole damn thing.
Production
Genuine snow, real cold, you can see their breath.
Director
Gordon Douglas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rod Taylor bought the film rights to the novel himself because he was tired of being offered 'pretty boy' roles.
The film flopped on release but gained cult status for its unusually character-driven approach to the siege western, predating Peckinpah's similar experiments.
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