Gunfighters (1947) User Reviews

"No gunfighter can hang up his guns."

[classicsoncall · 7/10 · 6 June 2015]

For a fairly standard Forties Western, this one had a few interesting elements beginning with the opening showdown between Brazos Kane (Randolph Scott) and an unknown assailant who calls him out. We learn immediately after that it was Kane's best friend who wanted to see how fast he really was with a gun. I'm not certain that would be the best way to test one's quick draw reflexes, a guy could get seriously hurt that way.

And then there was that scene in Bannertown when Bard Macky (Bruce Cabot) ran his horse into Kane's, and actually knocked Kane's horse down! I had to wonder if that was scripted or just happened and the crew just kept on filming. The rest of the scene played out curiously as well, with Kane dodging Macky's horse as he tried to bring his opponent to ground level.

But you know, as I sit here and think about the story, it seems to make less and less sense. Kane's attempt to investigate his friend's murder eventually leads him to Banner henchman Macky and daughter Bess (Barbara Britton), who's boot-print turns up at the murder scene. So in the tradition of all your cowboy hero good guys, you'd expect Kane to bring both of them to justice by the end of the picture. Especially since Banner himself (Griff Barnett) ordered the murder of Bob Tyrell.

So with the picture setting us up for a Kane romance with Bess's sister Jane (Dorothy Hart), was it Bess who got to ride off into the sunset with Kane? The sisters did look an awful lot alike. Actually, I do know which one hooked up with Brzaos at Monument Rock; the tease here is just to see if you were paying attention.

Pretty standard fare--which is NOT a bad thing with a Randolph Scott film

[planktonrules · 7/10 · 13 June 2013]

Saying that a Randolph Scott film is ordinary is NOT a bad thing at all, as this ordinary was still amazingly good. While I like a good western, I always look forward to one of Scott's, as his films were consistently fine--and set a high standard for the industry. So, when I say that "Gunfighters" is about average for him, this is still more than enough reason to find this movie.

The film begins with a friend of Brazos Kane (Scott) challenging him to the draw. Without thinking, he turns and shoots the friend--nearly killing him. That's when Kane realizes he has got to hang up his guns, as practically all the punks are itching to duel it out with his legendary gunfighter. So, he leaves town and heads to the ranch belonging to an old friend--only to find the guy dead--a victim of a murder. Still swearing to avoid a life of violence, he swears to find out who did it and bring them to justice. However, naturally, there are some baddies (two of the baddest in these films, Bruce Cabot and Forrest Tucker) aren't about to give up and decide to shoot Kane--whether he is willing to pick up a gun or not. Along the way, Kane becomes involved with two sisters who look very much alike (oddly, they actually are played by two different actresses--not the same lady--but they do look like sisters!). Can he manage to maintain his vow never to shoot again and still get justice?

The best thing about the film is Scott's easygoing acting style. It manages to make all his films (even the poor ones) well worth seeing. The wonderful California and Arizona locations shot in vivid color didn't hurt, either! I also appreciate the ending, though it will no doubt disappoint many. It does NOT have the predictable and nice Hollywood ending--and this might be something you dislike, but I thought it added some nice tension to the film. Keeping things unresolved didn't bother me. The only thing that ever bothers me is because I am a history teacher I realize that this film represents a highly idealized version of the west--not what really was. In reality, shootouts were rare and most of the time it really consisted of some jerk shooting some poor slob in the back--not the clichéd shootout on main street at high noon! Still, entertaining and well made.

FYI--The film is currently available for legal free viewing and download at archive-org--a site frequently linked to IMDb listings.

Nothing left to do but try again.

[hitchcockthelegend · 6/10 · 10 September 2017]

Gunfighters (AKA: The Assassin) is directed by George Waggner and adapted to screenplay by Alan Le May from the novel "Twin Sombreros" written by Zane Grey. It stars Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Bruce Cabot, Dorothy Hart, Griff Barnett and Forest Tucker. Music is by Rudy Schrager and Gerard Carbonara and cinematography by Fred Jackman Jr.

A gunman who has laid down his guns finds that circumstances test him to the limit...

It's a familiar formula that any Western film fan can acknowledge as being over used, that's not to say that the right production isn't worth visiting as such, but expectation of something fresh can often lead to disappointment.

Built on solid foundations due to scorching location photography and Randolph Scott prepping himself for greater things in the next decade (see also The Walking Hills 1949), it's a pleasurable piece. It also - via the narrative - isn't afraid to be bold as regards the ultimate decisions made by Scott's Brazos character, giving the pic a darker edge and being all the better for it. Elsewhere, the villains are standard stuff but entertaining regardless, the twin beauties of Britton and Hart have interesting parts to play, and the action scenes are well put together - with the pursuit sequences exciting. Filmed in Cinecolor, it's nice to report this is one of the better photographed Westerns in that format, which is just as well because the Sedona locations are to die for.

Not what you would term a keeper, but for Western fans of the era and Scott fans in general, it's worth its salt. 6.5/10

Pretty Good Scott Oater

[dougdoepke · 6 July 2016]

Good Scott oater. Looks like Columbia popped for an A-budget (for them), what with Technicolor, Sedona locations, and a large, accomplished cast. Seems Brazos (Scott) realizes the tragedy of being the fastest gun around, so he ditches the belt and heads for an old friend's place and what he hopes is a new peaceful life. Of course things don't turn out that way, otherwise we wouldn't have a real western.

The plot's pretty complex, but the many characters are mainly well etched, especially Grapewin's feisty old rancher Inskip. But what really had me going are the, not one, but two leading ladies (Britton & Hart). It's not that they're just attractive, which is expected, it's that they look exactly alike. The only way I could distinguish them was the hairdo's, but those kept changing, so I kept struggling. They're more like identical twins than just movie sisters. Okay, no big deal, but I've never seen such a resemblance in decades of viewing.

Anyway, Scott's near his physical peak and as convincing as ever. While Harry Joe Brown, who would later produce the legendary Ranown western series with Scott, produced this early scenic effort. In fact, some of those red rock spires soaring into the clouds are real visual grabbers. I guess my only reservations are with Cabot's baddie Bard who's too understated to compete effectively with Scott's Brazos, and a rather flat showdown. Nonetheless, it's post-war Columbia Pictures and the great Scott getting off to a fast Western start.

Standard Randolph Scott film should have kept Zane Grey's original title...

[Doylenf · 6/10 · 26 July 2007]

GUNFIGHTERS is the unoriginal title for Zane Grey's "Twin Sombreros", which, considering the story is about two sisters who are almost twin-like in appearance, would have been a more apt title for this film.

The story is routine as depicted here, with bad guy BRUCE CABOT as the man responsible for a few killings over range rights on property owned by GRIFF BARNETT and his daughters BARBARA BRITTON and DOROTHY HART.

RANDOLPH SCOTT is the man who rides into town at the start without his gunbelt, but by the end of the story he dons it for the final gun duel before tossing it off again and heading west for the happy ending. This is after he's fought a couple of the town bullies, including FORREST TUCKER, and won.

What surprised me was how good the warm tones of Cinecolor looked, while not quite up to the standard of three-strip Technicolor. Looks as though Columbia was aiming to give the film an A-budget look.

For Randolph Scott fans, it's a treat to see him in fine shape--but the script is ordinary and the direction is uninspired. One would never guess the story is from an original penned by Zane Grey.

The Mark of Kane

[richardchatten · 6/10 · 19 December 2020]

Randolph Scott again tries to hang up his guns and walk away from violence, but those pesky bad guys just leave him with no choice in this good-looking Cinecolor potboiler that anticipates 'The Gunfighter'.

As usual it benefits from a literate script (by Alan LeMay), good production values and a good cast, including handsome Arizona locations and a pair of handsome female leads playing sisters, in the form of blue-eyed Barbara Britton and titian-haired Dorothy Hart (best remembered as Jane to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan five years later in 'Tarzan's Savage Fury') in stetson and jeans.

Get fast or get rigor mortis!

[coltras35 · 7/10 · 14 March 2021]

Another good Randolph Scott western, though the plot is a little complicated, and the two sisters looked alike so it was confusing who was speaking to Scott. One of them loves Cabot who is involved in the murder of Scott's friend. Scott, who had decided to hang up his guns, is forced to do some leather slapping again. There's a good chase, an energetic fistfight and a few gunfights, but there's an emphasis on dialogue and characterisation.

Retired gunfighter rearms to avenge a mystery killing.

[weezeralfalfa · 6/10 · 20 April 2017]

Based on Zane Gray's novel "Twin Sombreros", the plot revolves around a killing, apparently related(none too clearly) to a cattle war(rustling? land rights?), with Mr. Banner(Griff Barnett) being the local cattle baron. Old Mr. Inskip(Charlie Grapewin) is his neighbor, for whom Bob Tyrell works. When noted gunfighter Brazos Kane(Randolph Scott) shows up, looking for a job, he hears a couple of shots and sees two men on horses leave in a hurry. He finds Tyrell dead of bullet wounds. Who shot Tyrell and why?

Very strangely, Brazos brings Tyrell's body to Banner's neighboring ranch, where he is greeted with suspicion, and formally charged by the deputy sheriff present with the murder, even though he's not carrying a firearm. Somehow, Brazos did find a bullet in the body, and secretly gives it to Banner's daughter, Jane, for safe keeping. Unfortunately, this bullet eventually is lost or thrown away, thus plays no role in solving the case.

Banner actually has 2 marriageable daughters, who occasionally play a subsidiary role in the proceedings. Jane(Dorothy Hart)is characterized as a 'good' girl, who develops a crush on Brazos, while Bess(Barbara Britton) is characterized as a 'bad' girl, who is in love with ranch foreman Bard Mackey(Bruce Cabot), whom she knows shot Tyrell. She also flirts with Brazos. As others have commented, these girls look too much alike, leading to frequent confusion by the viewer which one is present. Even Brazos sometimes is unsure which one he is talking to. Not all sisters look much alike. Thus, the casting director should have found two actresses who were distinctive looking.

Some of Banner's wranglers decide the flimsy evidence against Brazos is strong enough to justify a lynching. The Banner bunch seem overeager to close the case, thus raising the suspicion in Brazos's mind that some of them were responsible. Inskip saves Brazos from a lynching by last second trickery. Later, he again attempts to save Brazos from an ambush , but is shot dead himself. Young Johnny O'Neil jumps on Brazos's horse and gallops out of town. As hoped, Banner's bunch follow him, thinking he is Brazos. It works, but Johnny pays with his life.

Brazos figures it's time to put his pistols back on. Eventually, he intimidates Deputy Yount(working for Banner)into providing some info about the murder. The sheriff later gets more info from him. The climax occurs when Brazos engages in a "High Noon" contest with Orcutt(Forrest Tucker), immediately followed by a similar contest with Bard. Guess who wins. Then, Brazos is nearly executed by Banner, standing behind him. But, a quick thinking friend shoots the gun out of Banner's hand. Seems like all of Brazos's local friends are dead. All but one. Can you guess who?

Of course, Charlie Grapewin was a charismatic presence as Inskip. He played memorable characters in such films as "The Good Earth", "The Wizard of Oz", "The Grapes of Wrath" and, his opus magnum: "Tobacco Road".

RANDOLPH SCOTT...CINECOLOR...COMPLEX ZANE GREY...THE WESTERN MATURING IN TRANSITION

[LeonLouisRicci · 7/10 · 10 September 2021]

The Movie Western in the Post War Years was Transitioning from a Broad Simple Appeal to Smaller and more Personal Stories with the Emphasis on Character and Complex and Interesting Defining Traits.

The Film was Shot in Cinecolor, that Flopped. It was Cheaper and Without the Depth and Richness of Other Formats. Here it doesn't Look Bad, but its Limitations and Gaudy Patina are Evident.

Randolph Scott was Becoming a Mature Actor Constantly Evolving in His Long Career Ultimately Peaking with His Collaboration with Budd Boetticher and the Against Type Swan Song Capping a Stellar Career in Peckinpah's "Ride the High Country" (1962).

The Complex and Weaving Screenplay is by Noted Scriber Alan Le May (The Searchers 1956).

Some Viewer Confusion arises with the "Lookalike" Sisters Looking so Similar making it Difficult to Discern Who is Who. But that bit of a Misstep can be Overlooked as the Strong Story Unfolds with Bruce Cabot and other Character Actors Delivering.

Overall, one of the Stepping-Stones for Randy on Hs Way to His most Stellar Decade that saw "The Western" as Flagship along with its Cousin "Sci-Fi" Dominating Pop Culture in the 1950's.

Can't Stay Out Of Trouble

[bkoganbing · 5/10 · 27 July 2007]

Back in his early days Randolph Scott did a whole flock of westerns for his original studio, Paramount, based on Zane Grey novels. In a sense Gunfighters is a return to those roots, but not terribly successful.

After he nearly kills a friend who just had to see if Scott's prowess with six shooters is for real, Scott determines to hang up the weaponry and look for an obscure place to settle down.

It's all been done before, the gunfighter with his skills are needed to right some local wrongs and Gunfighters is no exception. Before he knows it Randolph Scott is involved in the local range war and has to deal with such baddies as Forrest Tucker and Bruce Cabot and a pair of sisters who've got their eyes on him in Barbara Britton and Dorothy Hart.

Nothing terribly exceptional in Gunfighters, but Randolph Scott fans will like it.

Movie Well Done

[nunes12345 · 8/10 · 7 August 2005]

I thought that this movie will well done. A solid performance by Randolph Scott with help from Barbara Britton and Dorothy Hart helped this picture along. The film was attractively photographed in Cinecolor. You will have to see this film for itself. This film of an old gunslinger trying to hang up his gun belt starts when someone shouts out "Brazoz! Brazoz" before Brazoz (Randolph Scott) beats him in a gunfight at the beginning of this picture. George Waggner did a good job directing this film. As someone else has noted, Barbara Britton and Dorothy Hart looked like twins in this one. I remember more than twenty year ago, I videotaped this movie when it aired on the late show over some Portland, Oregon television station. The movie, which was shot in color, was shown in black and white. Imagine my surprise when I recently saw this movie in its original Cinecolor format. As mentioned earlier, this movie was well done, and I would consider it underrated. Thanks for reading.

Standard oater with Scott

[funkyfry · 5/10 · 24 October 2002]

Unexceptional Randolph Scott vehicle has our hero deciding to stop fighting and subsequently accused of murdering his friend (standard Scott film plots). He's aided in finding the real murderer by a set of twins (Britton and Hart, who actually do look remarkably similar). When the old man he's lodging with (Grapewin) is killed in his place, he straps on the man's guns and heads out for the inevitable confrontations. Dull direction, some good photography in the early chase scene.

Sisters in arms.

[dbdumonteil · 6 July 2007]

This is a routine but entertaining western with nice colors.Randolph Scott portrays a gunfighter who is sick and tired of killing his fellow men (that's what a voice over tells us at the beginning of the film).So he decides he will retire in a horse town where his good old pal lives.But alas the friend has just been killed when he arrives and he is a suspect (A wealthy man who owns lots of acres in the country needs a suspect ,more like).

The main originality is that ,generally ,the rich villain ranch man has two sons or more ( a good one and (a) bad one(s);see "duel in the sun" " broken lance").Here,for a change,the old rich person has two gorgeous daughters,one of whom's in love with one of his pa's henchmen whereas the second falls for...well you guess who.

This movie comes from a Zane Grey novel: Twin Sombreros

[mpbodul · 4/10 · 4 August 2005]

I like westerns and I like Randolph Scot, but this movie really went astray in following the original novel's plot. No wonder writers hated (and still do) the Hollywood studios and the management of those enterprises.

Although this movie was well done, the name change to the Gunfighters, was the first in a series of disappointments of this film. The plot line wanders well away from the novel; even the heavy drawl of Brazos Keene, is toned way down from the original to the "cleaned up" Randolph Scot version.

I have generally preferred the original story in Zane Grey's novels to the movies' Hollywood versions.

A tale of two sisters

[ianlouisiana · 8/10 · 14 December 2017]

Very polished,as one might expect from such an experienced director as Mr F.Waggner,who,along with cinemaphotographer Mr F.Jackman jr had a long career in films and tv - always relied upon to bring his stuff home on time and professionally produced. There are some elegantly posed interiors that would not disgrace Ford here. Not unlike "The Big sleep" this is a story of a father and his two daughters and the Philip Marlowe figure who becomes involved in their lives. Enter the straightforward,honest gunfighter Brazos Kane (Mr R.Scott) wrongly accused of murder his partner and railroaded by The girls' father and a crooked sherriff who scarcely escapes a lynching before setting out on a revenge mission. One sister is good and the other not quite so good and frankly they run rings round the bemused Brazos. Appearances by Mr B.Cabot,Mr F.Tucker and other familiar Western characters add a pleasing sense of deja vu as Mr Scott unravels the mystery of his partner's death. Films like "Gunfighters" filled our screens in the years immediately after the second world war as the British movie industry struggled to re - invent itself, and supplied a much - needed reassurance that good would triumph over evil to a nation that had endured a very close - run thing for six years. Mr Scott represented the old values of decency and courage that had threatened to be overcome and we loved him for it. Right up until "Ride the High Country" in 1962 his righteous bloody - mindedness represented the best of the American Spirit for us Limeys who were grateful to his countrymen for saving our arses in two world wars..

Gunfighters

[CinemaSerf · 5/10 · 8 January 2023]

Randolph Scott is "Brazos", an accomplished man with a gun who finds himself accused of the murder of a man on a ranch. Can he prove he is innocent before the law, and the ranch-owner catch up with him? I usually find Scott a bit too sterile in these roles and here is no different. His style of acting is dignified and aloof - and somehow or other that just leaves the adventure element a bit flat. Add to the mix the almost twin-like sisters of "Bess" (Barbara Britton) and "Jane" (Dorothy Hart) and the romantic elements further contribute to the dullness of the whole thing. Bruce Cabot and Forrest Tucker try to inject a touch of menace into the proceedings, but sadly just to little too late to rescue this from mediocrity. Rudy Schrager's score is neither one thing nor the other, either - it dances a line between jollity and peril in an overblown and interfering fashion and all told, we are presented with nothing at all special, here.

Bad directing

[pooch-68015 · 3/10 · 21 August 2022]

Too many unrealistic scenes. I realize it's a movie for entertainment but the unrealistic scenes make the actor look bad. Example; Randolph fights the Sheriff on a horse, ends up fighting the horse instead of the man. This is far from being realistic. These short scenes are examples of uneducated and misinformed directors. Randolph Scott isn't the only unlucky western star mislead.

This one had a great line by Kiscaden

[milwhitt702 · 8/10 · 14 April 2010]

I saw the movie the first time back in the late 1940's after reading the book "Twin Sombreros". When I taped it recently from the Westerns Channel, I noted that R. Scott's name was Brazos Keene in the book, but Brazos Kane in the movie. Also I still had a hard time telling the girls apart. The story drifted away a little from the book, the names were still familiar, Kiscaden, Inskip, Johnny, Beth and Jane. One of the greatest lines in Westerns was uttered by Kiscaden when he told Brazos that his badge represented the law..."if the man wearing it goes down, it just gets up and jumps on the pocket of another man, and keeps right on coming" (that's as close as I can remember the statement). You can still watch the movie, it was very interesting.

Gunfighters review

[JoeytheBrit · 5/10 · 19 May 2020]

A standard Randolph Scott Western with nothing other than the relatively early use of Technicolor to distinguish it from all the other Westerns churned out by Hollywood in the '40s and '50s. Screenwriter Alan Le May's dialogue provides an occasional spark. Adapted from a Zane Grey novel.

Randolph Scott and superlative script? What could be better?

[morrisonhimself · 10/10 · 26 April 2015]

Very little.

Randolph Scott alone is enough to make a good movie, but here he has a superlative script performed by some of the best actors Hollywood has ever had, including the excellent Bruce Cabot, a wonderful Charles Kemper, and two lovely ladies who look surprisingly like each other (at least here), which is good because they are supposed to be sisters: Barbara Britton and Dorothy Hart, two great actresses.

Mr. Scott, a genuine gentleman, used to pooh-pooh the notion he was an actor, but in "Gunfighters" he gives not only one of his best performances, but a great performance by anyone's standards.

He is alternately subtle and obvious, showing just the right emotion and attitude called for by the script, by Alan LeMay, who knew a thing or two about westerns.

Mr. Scott has a lot of help in this powerful story, with the above and Forrest Tucker, rather quietly effective as the hired gunman, and Steven Geray as Jose in an intelligently funny role (so many westerns had very unfunny funny roles), as well as so many great atmosphere and minor players, such as the ubiquitous Hank Bell, as usual uncredited.

"Gunfighters" is not only one of Randolph Scott's best movies, it is a great movie, one of the best I've seen lately, and I've been watching a lot of them recently. I highly recommend "Gunfighters," and can even highly recommend the print at YouTube. Enjoy.

Rare Randolph Scott western is well worth the hunt.

[vitaleralphlouis · 8/10 · 30 August 2010]

Look down the list of Scott's westerns on this site and the two you most likely haven't seen are this one and RKO's "Trail Street." Long hard-to-get you can find both occasionally on eBay, but not at Netflix.

Gunfighters (1947) is a first rate Scott western, from the era when his best westerns were made. Columbia made this one in Coinecolor and the picture quality and color far exceed the usual Cinecolor quality (normally not too good.) Scott takes his many problems in stride, such as attempting to put aside his gun and live down his fast-draw reputation. Too bad his old friend gets murdered by a bunch of bad guys and he's got to deal with two pretty women (sisters) and I'll take the young one, thanks!

Look for it. After all, 2010's Hollywood could never make a western this good; actually they can't make any kind of picture that would be sought-after in 60 years (or 60 days).

dynamic

[Cristi_Ciopron · 8/10 · 3 April 2016]

G. Waggner made a good action movie, authentically exciting and zestful; Grapewin is the courageous oldster who at a certain moment cooks gingerbread, Dorothy Hart is embarrassing.

The action scenes are very good: the chase, Brazos' fight with the wicked deputy, Brazos questioning the deputy, the shootouts.

Scott himself has a silly expression in the few flirt scenes.

Scott, Tucker, Kemper were a team that H. J. Brown used for westerns. Scott has often been upstaged by his coworkers.

Grapewin and Withers are dependable; Cabot, the bard, looks unnervingly effective.

Dorothy Hart is awful, worse than J. Miles. The other sister is only banal.

G. Waggner was certainly craftier than G. Douglas. This regular western is better made than 'The Nevadan', with which it has some things in common: the team (Scott, Tucker who is better here than in the later movie, Kemper), the rebelling daughter, a similar plot about despotism; the rustling also defines an entire sub-genre. Tucker was better in this earlier outing, because his role is much simpler, a stock character, where the look was enough. (But the later movie has Dorothy Malone, and a quirkier role for Kemper. Yet again, while the henchmen from 'The Nevadan' have been remarked, and their roles are better written, here the foreman and the corrupt deputy give dependable performances; 'Gunfighters' is less ambitious, but better in its class.)

I should mention also the risqué dialog of the odd scene when the gunfighter, wishing to take back the bullet, mistakes the mean sister for the good one, and a zany dialog begins, about gift, keeping it, etc., in fact the whole story isn't very moralistic, with the gunfighter flirting with both sisters (the evening at the old convent), being at ease with both of them; anyway, this playful scene is one of the best humorous moments of this genre, the unpretentious westerns as reshaped after the war and at the zenith of colors. The double _entendre of the talk, with the gunman asking about the hidden bullet, etc., makes a funny scene, with a piquant and entirely adult undertone and very unlike the rest of the movie; so, this one scene of adult fun, straight from the archetype (mistaken identity, licentious double _entendre). This kind of comedy, if deepened, would of allowed for a wholly different script.

One of Scott's Best

[OldieMovieFan · 10/10 · 5 February 2024]

Randolph Scott had a long career, full of high points and some clinkers. "Gunfighters" rates right up there, and it has one of the best scenes he ever played - one of the best scenes of the Golden Age of Westerns.

It's the scene where he and Dorothy Hart fall to talking about the future, and they hit the mood exactly; it's just how two people fall in love.... all at once!

This was Hart's first film in a very short career, only five or six years; she refused to play the game by Hollywood's rules and soon left. Barbara Britton has a nice part as the younger sister in love with her father's ramrod, played by Bruce Cabot, and she is marvelous. This is one of Cabot's best performances, too.

You can see the influence of "Gunfighters" in dozens of Westerns made right through the 1950s, so much so that it's easy to think this film is cliched; but its ideas were used for the rest of the Golden Era, from the actions of supporting characters in most of Wayne's movies, to the crooked sheriff, to the most direct influence of all, the gunman desperate to hang up his pistols in Henry King's "The Gunfighter."

Gregory Peck gave a fine performance in his 1950 film but not a bit better than Randolph Scott's performance here as Brazos Kane, a man driven by his sense of honor and justice to do the very thing he hates, knowing it will destroy his relationship with the woman he loves.

Thought this was one of his better movies on DVD.

[PatrynXX · 8/10 · 15 November 2021]

Bit hard to find though. Having twins in play :O I still don't know which one he got.. That was an interesting plotline. I'd assume the bad sis with the V on the bottom of her shoe is the one charged. Cause he road off with one of them. Like a good Randolph movie should be :)

Quality: 9/10 Entertainment: 10/10 Re-Playable: 8/10.

Wonderful B western

[searchanddestroy-1 · 8 December 2022]

Maybe not the greatest western ever, but it is definitely a solid one, shot in splendid settings, with a photography that can only enchant you. Randolph Scott as good as usual, co starred with the likes of Bruce Cabot and Forrest Tucker in the villain characters. It is a pretty good yarn but bringing nothing exceptional, only the quality. George Waggner the director has never been a notorious western man, not at all, but he was a good technician, able to direct any kind of films, any kind of scheme. His most notorious was THE WEREWOLF, for Universal Pictures, back in the forties, early forties. Most audiences will remember him for this and a couple of other horror movies which I will comment later. But don't despise this excellent western.