Columbia Pictures
Directed by William Castle
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Mill Creek)
In the early 1800s Louisiana, bandits make off with the sugar crop of a wealthy plantation owner. Unable to pay his debts without a crop, he is taken to court where his son, Lex Barker, agrees to become the slave of gambling boat operator Patricia Medina to save his father from debtor's prison. He immediately challenges her boyfriend to a duel and their sword fight later in the day is a highlight. Both survive, but he's got her attention and despite his servitude they can't deny a mutual attraction. Her involvement with the sugar thieves becomes a point of contention, but she helps him lay a trap on her riverboat. However, before he can win the girl there is another duel with the same boyfriend, this time with machetes. Tired melodrama with unconvincing period flavor.
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