Banner Cole is a tough sheriff's deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees who killed the sheriff , along with 3 other men, and kidnapped a woman with rape in mind.
Acting
John Saxon's sweaty, shivering cowardice steals every scene.
Direction
Hitchcock's former AD brings suspense craft to dusty trails.
Writing
Posse members more broken than the killers they're chasing.
Director
Herbert Coleman
Audie Murphy
Banner Cole
John Saxon
Seymour Kern
Zohra Lampert
Helen Caldwell
Vic Morrow
Crip
Robert Keith
Captain Jeremiah Brown
Rodolfo Acosta
Johnny Caddo
Royal Dano
Uncle Billy
Frank Overton
Burt Hogan
James Bell
Benson
Paul Carr
Jock Wiley
Ward Ramsey
Marshal Isaac Webb
Lee Van Cleef
Leo
Ray Teal
Banker
Forrest Lewis
Doctor Welles
Charles Horvath
Hash
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Herbert Coleman was Alfred Hitchcock's longtime assistant director; this is one of his few features.
Murphy, America's most decorated WWII soldier, spent his career playing killers and hollow men—this might be his bleakest.
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