It's 1861 in the Colorado Territory. The new whites face attacks from the Indians. There is tension between southerners and northerners as war approaches. Newcomer Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack), from North Carolina, encounters Ann Merry Alaine (Virginia Mayo). He wins at poker against Jumbo Means (Raymond Burr). Saloon madam Boston Grant (Ruth Roman) is also taken with Pentecost.
The movie is rooting for the south. That happens in many American movies during this time. The southerners are heroic. The northerners are either evil or drunk. The Union is slow moving. Most depressing is that Indians are nameless barbarians. The movie starts with that, kills off a few of them, and then promptly forgets all about them. If all that is fine, this is your movie. This is a perfectly good western although I don't like the general message.
The movie is rooting for the south. That happens in many American movies during this time. The southerners are heroic. The northerners are either evil or drunk. The Union is slow moving. Most depressing is that Indians are nameless barbarians. The movie starts with that, kills off a few of them, and then promptly forgets all about them. If all that is fine, this is your movie. This is a perfectly good western although I don't like the general message.