Universal-International Pictures
Directed by Jack Arnold
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal Vault Collection)
A hired hand and drifter, a Mexican, is murdered on a sprawling ranch for flirting with the daughter of the owner. The only problem is they leave a witness, who goes to the sheriff with his story. It quickly becomes a battle between the idealistic sheriff (Jeff Chandler) and the despotic ranch owner (Orson Welles). More intimidation and murders follow, and Chandler himself becomes a target of the thuggish ranch hands. It's up to the town's citizens to side with their sheriff or the ranch which threatens to ruin them both economically and morally. Sadly, the themes of discrimination, illogical fear and hatred of illegal aliens still exist in America today, perhaps are even more widespread, and the film is just as relevant as it was over 50 years ago.
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