The story and themes are sophisticated. Self-respect vs escaping poverty via crime. And for women, the choices appear even bleaker in the harsh US frontier: marriage or prostitution. The leads are excellent.
Randolph Scott gives a surprisingly sophisticated nuanced performance as the good guy gone bad. Joel Macrae is solid as the man who has chosen self respect. The female lead, Mariette Hartley, is very good, and very lovable.
- Rating: Full price
- When seen: 27 Oct 2010
- Where seen: Home
- More information: IMDB | RottenTomatoes | Wikipedia
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Amendments: added actor tags: "Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan". Removed link to Wikipedia-sourced image. Added ranking image.
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