It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
Direction
Karlson brings noir tension to the wide-open range.
Acting
Noah Beery Jr.'s scene-stealing comic relief sidekick.
Director
Phil Karlson
George Montgomery
Johnny Carver
Gale Storm
Helen Fenton
Jerome Courtland
Danny Carver
Noah Beery Jr.
Buff Smith
William Bishop
Sam Bass
John Litel
John B. Jones
Douglas Kennedy
Dave Rudabaugh
John Dehner
Wes Hardin
Ian MacDonald
The Sundance Kid
John Doucette
Butch Cassidy
Jock Mahoney
Duke Fisher
Stanley Andrews
Marshal Gorey (uncredited)
Myron Healey
Captain Peak (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Governor of Texas (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real Sam Bass died at 27 in 1878; this film ages him up and gives him a gang worthy of A-picture treatment.
1951 saw dozens of B-westerns like this feeding TV's growing appetite—this one got theatrical release because Phil Karlson's Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) had just made him hot property.
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