Although some questionable decisions were made while making this movie (for example, why the sandstorm?), overall it was okay.
There's a very good cast with Gail Russell, John Payne and Sterling Hayden.
I think it would have been a better story without the accidental killing of the misidentified pastor. There perhaps should have been a showdown at the end between the most evil character (La Farge) and Fletcher, but inexplicably La Farge's fate is unknown at the end, except we know he had to go to trial, while most of the other "bad guys" are already dead.
The idea of the vigilante posse (similar to Wyatt Earp's vendetta ride ) was a good one, but I would have preferred no self-righteousness from Vasquez and Jeffers about not Fletcher following the law, which would have been impossible considering the circumstances.
All that being said, it still wasn't a bad movie.
There's a very good cast with Gail Russell, John Payne and Sterling Hayden.
I think it would have been a better story without the accidental killing of the misidentified pastor. There perhaps should have been a showdown at the end between the most evil character (La Farge) and Fletcher, but inexplicably La Farge's fate is unknown at the end, except we know he had to go to trial, while most of the other "bad guys" are already dead.
The idea of the vigilante posse (similar to Wyatt Earp's vendetta ride ) was a good one, but I would have preferred no self-righteousness from Vasquez and Jeffers about not Fletcher following the law, which would have been impossible considering the circumstances.
All that being said, it still wasn't a bad movie.