I didn't mind the obvious similarities to "High Noon", recalling my liking of varying redos of other various types of movies, such as countless similar films to "The Desperate Hours". There's enough of a difference between that Oscar winning classic and certainly the two main characters played by Fred MacMurray and Dorothy Malone have unique elements that differentiate between Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly.
For example, it's MacMurray's desire to remain peaceful in spite of the fact that his character picked up someone else's gun and shot one of two bank robbers, having never needed to use the gun he keeps in his general store. It's wife Dorothy Malone who tells him that he needs to grow a pair and stand up to gang members out for revenge on him. She refuses to pack up and leave her home along with their two children, and that makes her quite brave and the real hero.
Skip Homeier is the bad guy out for revenge, and Whit Bissell, Walter Brennan, Frank Ferguson and John Qualen are among the townsfolk, some of whom want the family to leave even though he got the robbery money back. The movie looks great in color, and there's enough tension to keep the audience interested. Pretty lavish looking for an Allied Artists film (formerly Monogram), and obviously one of their A's.
For example, it's MacMurray's desire to remain peaceful in spite of the fact that his character picked up someone else's gun and shot one of two bank robbers, having never needed to use the gun he keeps in his general store. It's wife Dorothy Malone who tells him that he needs to grow a pair and stand up to gang members out for revenge on him. She refuses to pack up and leave her home along with their two children, and that makes her quite brave and the real hero.
Skip Homeier is the bad guy out for revenge, and Whit Bissell, Walter Brennan, Frank Ferguson and John Qualen are among the townsfolk, some of whom want the family to leave even though he got the robbery money back. The movie looks great in color, and there's enough tension to keep the audience interested. Pretty lavish looking for an Allied Artists film (formerly Monogram), and obviously one of their A's.