Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Richard Egan shoots his best friend in a bar fight in self defense, but gets labeled a gunslinger. He even has a ballad written about him, which dogs him wherever he goes. He eventually befriends a rancher and his son at an isolated desert stage stop. Well, local sheriff Cameron Mitchell is dealing with rowdy trail hands tearing up the town but lacks the courage to do anything about it. Egan proves helpful but shoots another man and the truth about his past comes out in the courtroom. Just when he's about to leave, along comes gunslinger DeForest Kelley who forces a shootout on main street. It's awfully familiar stuff, and Egan's stone-faced performance really drags it down. Cheeky Dorothy Malone looks out of place on the wind-swept plains.
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