Randolph Scott (John Stewart), Jocelyn Brando (Corinne Michaels), Richard Boone (Wick Campbell), Alfonso Bedoya (Hernando), Donna Martell (Maria Segura), Skip Homeier (Howie Stewart), Clem Bevans (Tod Grinnel), Leo Gordon (Frank Scavo), Minor Watson (Jason Carr), Lester Matthews (Adam Stewart), Tom Powers (Green), Dennis Weave (Sheiff Clyde Gibbons), Lee Van Cleef (Al Drucker), Louis Jean Heydt (Tom Baines), Kathleen Croiwley (Marva Gibbons), Boyd "Red" Morgan (Red Dawes), Denver Pyle (Dave Weed), Francis McDonald (Warner), Pat Collins (bartender), Robert Ivers (John Stewart acolyte), Paul Maxey (cattle buyer), and George Boyce, Franklyn Farnum, Terry Frost, Edna Holland, Reed Howes, Jack Perrin, Carlos Vera, Julian Rivero.
Director: BRUCE HUMBERSTONE. Screenplay: Kenneth Gamet. Story: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, junior. Photographed in Color by Technicolor by Wilfrid M. Cline. Film editor: Gene Havlick. Art director: Edward Ilou. Set decorator: Frank Tuttle. Music: Paul Sawtell. Technicolor color consultant: Francis Cugat. Special effects supervisor: Barney Wolff. Stunts: Red Morgan, Boyd Stockman. Set continuity: Dolores Rubin. Assistant director: Wilbur McGaugh. Assistant to the producer: David Breen. Sound recording supervisor: John Livadary. Sound recording: Jack Goodrich. Associate producer: Randolph Scott. Producer: Harry Joe Brown. A Scott-Brown Production. A Columbia Picture.
Copyright 1955. U.S. release: 1 February 1955. No recorded New York opening. Australian release: 15 July 1955. 7,187 feet. 79 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: John Stewart has carved out a cattle empire in Arizona. He is forced to defend himself against killers imported by Wick Campbell.
COMMENT: The story may be routine, and it's also true that the plot has some gaping holes, as many previous reviewers have suggested, but nevertheless I quite enjoyed this entry, thanks to the vigorous direction of "Lucky" Humberstone, the pleasing Technicolor hues caught by cinematographer Wilfrid M. Cline, and the efforts of an outstanding support cast led by the lovely and talented Jocelyn Brando (Marlon's sister).
Director: BRUCE HUMBERSTONE. Screenplay: Kenneth Gamet. Story: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, junior. Photographed in Color by Technicolor by Wilfrid M. Cline. Film editor: Gene Havlick. Art director: Edward Ilou. Set decorator: Frank Tuttle. Music: Paul Sawtell. Technicolor color consultant: Francis Cugat. Special effects supervisor: Barney Wolff. Stunts: Red Morgan, Boyd Stockman. Set continuity: Dolores Rubin. Assistant director: Wilbur McGaugh. Assistant to the producer: David Breen. Sound recording supervisor: John Livadary. Sound recording: Jack Goodrich. Associate producer: Randolph Scott. Producer: Harry Joe Brown. A Scott-Brown Production. A Columbia Picture.
Copyright 1955. U.S. release: 1 February 1955. No recorded New York opening. Australian release: 15 July 1955. 7,187 feet. 79 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: John Stewart has carved out a cattle empire in Arizona. He is forced to defend himself against killers imported by Wick Campbell.
COMMENT: The story may be routine, and it's also true that the plot has some gaping holes, as many previous reviewers have suggested, but nevertheless I quite enjoyed this entry, thanks to the vigorous direction of "Lucky" Humberstone, the pleasing Technicolor hues caught by cinematographer Wilfrid M. Cline, and the efforts of an outstanding support cast led by the lovely and talented Jocelyn Brando (Marlon's sister).