Natural scenery looks lovely as you would expect from a western shot in the Tetons that employs two DPs, one of whom is Burnett Guffey of "Bonnie And Clyde" fame, and is directed by an ex DP. Human scenery, alas, looks thoroughly chewed over as most of the cast, in the absence of firm directorial control, hams it up quite a bit. And, as usually happens with mass over acting, the great ones like Eddie Robinson, Babs and Brian Keith do it entertainingly while the lesser ones like Dianne Foster, May Wynn and Lita Milan bore you to death. As for Glenn Ford, the lone member of the cast to under play it, he kinda disappears into the large hole in the screen that results from all the scenery chompin. Of course, the actors are not helped by having to mouth Harry Kleiner's crappy, soap opera meets "Macbeth" on the range dialogue. C plus.
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