I had never heard of this Western until I saw its description under TCM on my cable guide. I go for cast, and when I saw Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark and Anne Baxter listed I went for it. It's an excellent western. The characters are all well delineated. The acting and cinematography are excellent. The script is pretty good and devoid of the clichés that so often plague this genre. The thing that I found interesting was that I constantly found myself asking what's going to happen next. Too often, especially in westerns, every next development is easily predictable. I have to quibble with the viewer who found Anne Baxter "hot." I've seen her hotter in other movies. My main argument is with the ending, which is a little too happy for my taste. On the whole though, this is a well-written, well-acted, beautifully photographed western.
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