A dying Carl Benton Reid exacts a stern promise from his two sons Gary Merrill and Tommy Sands to work the land that he divides up evenly on his deathbed. Merrill's a mature responsible sort married to Whitney Blake. But Sands is just a kid who has a lot of wild oats to sow.
Trying to keep a promise to a dying father causes Merrill to split from Sands. And at this point a very unscrupulous cattle buyer played by Bruce Gordon in his best Frank Nitti style gets between the brothers.
When he wasn't being a teenage rage Sands could turn in some nice performances as a kinder gentler version of James Dean type rebel youths. The ending is one that works out all around for both brothers.
Trying to keep a promise to a dying father causes Merrill to split from Sands. And at this point a very unscrupulous cattle buyer played by Bruce Gordon in his best Frank Nitti style gets between the brothers.
When he wasn't being a teenage rage Sands could turn in some nice performances as a kinder gentler version of James Dean type rebel youths. The ending is one that works out all around for both brothers.