The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 13m.
Synopsis
Passing through a town, a farm boy aspiring to be a bounty hunter rescues a woman who has been tricked into working in its brothel and the two travel towards his father's ranch.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Budd BoetticherDirector
- Budd BoetticherScreenplay
- Harry BettsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard LappCass Bunning
- Anne RandallNellie Winters
- Robert RandomBilly Pimple (as Bob Random)
- Beatrice KayMamie
- Victor JoryJudge Roy Bean
- Audie MurphyJesse James
- Ron MasakSam - the Bartender
- Burt MustinEd
- Peter BroccoSeth
- Walter ReedMayor
- Louis OjenaBlacksmith
- Ivan J. RadoBanker (as Jorge Rado)
Stills
Themes
lynch mob