

A peace-loving man named Ben Kane takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town's chief trouble-maker. Once on the job, Kane must also deal with a young sharpshooter named Billy Young and a sharp and sassy saloon dancer, Lily.
Acting
Mitchum's effortless gravitas carries the whole thing.
Cinematography
Classic Panavision vistas that breathe.
Writing
Burt Kennedy's dialogue snaps like a whip.

Director
Burt Kennedy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burt Kennedy was a legendary screenwriter before directing; this was his sixth feature in three years.
Released at the tail end of classic Hollywood westerns, it straddles old-school morality and the grittier revisionism to come.