I find most 1950s Westerns to be rather stuffy and dated by modern standards, but this one is actually a lot of fun. The dialog is witty, the characters are unique and well written, and the plot, while absurd in practical terms, makes for good comedy and has plenty of fun twists. While there are a few lines of dialog here and there that haven't aged well, there's a lot less of them than a typical movie from the era, and even the Native American characters are given a brief part to play in the story (although they unfortunately do serve as cannon fodder, in typical 1950s Western fashion, in some other scenes.) There's also lots of awesome train action, and even a strong female main protagonist in Kit Dodge Jr., a witty sharpshooting sheriff's deputy played by the legendary Ann Baxter. All in all, not perfect, but definitely one of the better movies to come out of that era of Colorado-based railroad Westerns.
Review of A Ticket to Tomahawk
