Bounty hunter Luke Welsh arrives looking for a wanted man. When that man draws on him he has to kill him. To collect his reward he needs a statement identifying him. But the man was well liked in town and no one will sign such a statement. When he outdraws another man who thought he was faster, some townsmen decide he should be killed and they organize a mob to go after him.
Acting
Bronson's simmering restraint before his tough-guy persona calcified.
Direction
Fowler builds paranoia through glances and closed doors.
Director
Gene Fowler Jr.
Charles Bronson
Luke Welsh
John Carradine
Doc Weber
Carole Mathews
Jill Crane
Robert Hutton
Sloane
Fintan Meyler
Sally Crane
Thomas Browne Henry
Con Maynor
Paul Maxey
Judge Wallen
George Douglas
Charles Maynor
Barbara Woodell
Mrs. Charles Maynor
Argentina Brunetti
Mrs. Bonaventura
Norman Leavitt
Photographer
Joe McGuinn
Creavy
George Pembroke
Sheriff Hinkle
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales
Mexican Man with Donkey (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gene Fowler Jr. was primarily an editor (Oscar-nominated for It's Alive) and only directed four features. This was his final western.
Released the same year as The Magnificent Seven's Japanese original (Seven Samurai), this tiny B-western represents the genre's dying B-pipeline before television swallowed it whole.
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