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5.9/10   70 votes
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September 1959 (USA) more
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A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a cattle drive | add synopsis
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With the right budget it could have been quite a western. more (3 total)

Cast

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Audie Murphy ... Matt Brown
Terry Moore ... Janet Calvert
John Dehner ... Chip Donohue

James Best ... Sam Mullen
Rita Lynn ... Hortensia
Denver Pyle ... Preacher Harrison
Ann Doran ... Charlotte 'Ma' Calvert
Stacy Harris ... Eph Brown (as Stacy S. Harris)
Robert Foulk ... Hugh Rigdon
Wright King ... Noah Pringle
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82 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Hortensia: You say there is nothing here to keep you. I think when you go, you leave behind more than you take with you. more

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11 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
With the right budget it could have been quite a western., 12 November 2004
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Author: tmwest from S. Paulo, Brazil

This film has a good story, also good actors, the problem is that it seems that it was done with the lowest budget possible. Terry Moore, who was a pretty, sexy and good actress looks unhappy here (also does not look as pretty as usual) and I had the feeling she left before the film was finished, I could be wrong, but either that or the director did a bad job. Audie Murphy is very good as the irresponsible son of a wealthy man, who suddenly has to either succeed him in administering his property or accept a sum of money and continue with his wasted life.The fact that it was done in black and white in 1959 gives it a certain charm nowadays. It is however curious, considering that Murphy's westerns since the early fifties were always in color. The film goes so fast that one cannot absorb the change in character that Murphy goes through. Still, it is entertaining. I am sure that with the right budget it could have been quite a western.

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