Westerns tend to shoot em ups with good guys and the bad guys. The man with the white hat usually wins.
This film is more thoughtful and its not trying to make a political point like High Noon but it does deal with the consequences of living a violent life where you are the top gun.
This film is pared down with Gregory Peck as Jimmy Ringo, the deadliest gun-slinger in the Old West. Although he is regarded as a veteran even though he is only 35. He has had enough of gunning down squirts at every saloon who challenge him.
After getting into an altercation with a squirt and then dealing with his brothers. Peck heads to the nearby town of Cayenne where he hopes to sort things out with his estranged wife and the son he has never seen.
The Sheriff of the town happens to be his old partner in crime and wants him to leave but Ringo's reputation precedes him and more young bucks fancy their chances.
This lean film keeps your interest. There is a young Karl Malden amongst the cast as a sly bartender and although you can sense that things might not turn out too happily for the gunfighter. It is worth a watch for western fans.
This film is more thoughtful and its not trying to make a political point like High Noon but it does deal with the consequences of living a violent life where you are the top gun.
This film is pared down with Gregory Peck as Jimmy Ringo, the deadliest gun-slinger in the Old West. Although he is regarded as a veteran even though he is only 35. He has had enough of gunning down squirts at every saloon who challenge him.
After getting into an altercation with a squirt and then dealing with his brothers. Peck heads to the nearby town of Cayenne where he hopes to sort things out with his estranged wife and the son he has never seen.
The Sheriff of the town happens to be his old partner in crime and wants him to leave but Ringo's reputation precedes him and more young bucks fancy their chances.
This lean film keeps your interest. There is a young Karl Malden amongst the cast as a sly bartender and although you can sense that things might not turn out too happily for the gunfighter. It is worth a watch for western fans.