Saddle the Wind (1958)

Directed by Robert Parrish
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)

Robert Taylor and John Cassavetes are brothers running a ranch in a peaceful valley. Taylor is an ex-gunman but Cassavetes has got the itch to become one. One day he brings home pretty Julie London intending to marry her. When he confronts a drifter in a bar, partly showing off for London, he kills him in a gunfight. Emboldened by his fast draw, he gets drunk and harasses a family of squatters who show up on their land. Taylor must act fast if he is to save the ranch and his brother. Rod Serling's screenplay fails to get beyond stereotypes of "good brother" versus "bad brother", and Julie London seems to be present to sing the title song and not much else.