The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 185 1950s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
114 audience votes
Key crew
- André de TothDirector
- Alexander CourageOriginal Music Composer
- Philip YordanScreenplay
Cast
- Robert RyanBlaise Starrett
- Burl IvesJack Bruhn
- Tina LouiseHelen Crane
- Alan MarshalHal Crane
- Venetia StevensonErnine, Vic's Daughter
- David NelsonGene, Bruhn's Gang
- Nehemiah PersoffDan, Starret's Foreman
- Jack LambertTex, Bruhn's gang
- Frank De KovaDenver, Bruhn's Gang
- Lance FullerPace, Bruhn's Gang
- Elisha Cook Jr.Larry Teter, Town Barber
- Dabbs GreerDoc Langer, Veterinarian
Stills
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Themes
winteroutlawshootout