The story is not uninteresting but rather flat tough. I expected a little more. But I guess De Toth could not entirely monitor the whole thing.
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A foot note to the De Toth Westerns
thebarriepattison22 February 2024
Andre De Toth's handling on the pre-title shoot out with Harris' last line delivered face in the dirt, his director's groupings & composition come with assured playing by outlaw on the run Sullivan and sheriff Paul Birch, to give this one a more imposing texture than most fifties series westerns but compressing the action into the mandated 25 minutes is a challenge that defeats writer Carr (Too Late Blues, Hell is For Heroes) His odd cowboy movie line rings - Birch's "The town pays me for my killing." However Sullivan's key monologue about talking to his side arm defeats him and bad to the bone western woman Donahue is also out matched, coming on as the only scrubbed-up character. Young pre M*A*S*h Rogers is unrecognisable.
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