Elvis' first movie is not always classified as a Western, because it is set in the Civil War and has some of the romantic/epic overtones of a B version of "Gone with the Wind", but in many of its plot and visual components it is a Western. The basic plot is that one brother goes off to fight in the war, and when it is believed that he is dead the other brother marries his dead brother's wife. When the brother who is supposed to be dead returns, a tragedy unfolds.
This was one of Elvis' best performances. He plays off Debra Paget very well, and he and Richard Egan have a suitably caustic/brotherly relationship. Egan kind of steals the movie, possibly at the director's urging.
This was one of Elvis' best performances. He plays off Debra Paget very well, and he and Richard Egan have a suitably caustic/brotherly relationship. Egan kind of steals the movie, possibly at the director's urging.