Nathan Juran proves once more how eclectic he was, how comfortable he was as well in western as in science fiction or crime drama, no matter the story. OK this one was written several decades earlier by the great William R Burnett, but I think the Edward L Cahn version, back in 1932 - I guess the first version - was far better than this one. That's my opinion; but another period, another way of story telling too. And Ronnie Reagan is not bad here, whatever you like him or not. Anyway, an Universal western is never contemptible. Never waste an Universal western; at least from the fifties and sixties. Forties? Maybe....
Review of Law and Order
