Columbia Pictures
Directed by William Castle
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Mill Creek)
A train load of dance girls arrives at a remote town in the Yukon during the gold rush days. They are hired to work in a saloon by Tom Neal, much to the irritation of the owner of the other saloon owner in town who sent for them. Arriving on the same train is a young Ann Savage who lays claim to Neal's saloon with a deed from her dead father. He tries romancing her to save the saloon and she plays along for awhile, but is more interested in the saloon. Eventually the rival owner from across the street challenges him to a winner-take-all card game. However, when it is discovered a marked deck was used a huge bar brawl erupts between the rival factions. The rival escapes, but then is accidentally murdered by his girl friend. Neal is blamed and is almost lynched, until Savage realizes she loves him after all and comes to the rescue. William Castle's directorial debut is a quickly paced above-average programmer, though studio-bound sets make it seem rather confined given the setting. Savage and Neal would work together again just two years later in the film noir classic Detour.
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