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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 174 1950s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
151 audience votes
Key crew
- Lionel NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Philip YordanScreenplay
- Henry KingDirector
Cast
- Gregory PeckJim Douglass
- Joan CollinsJosefa Velarde
- Stephen BoydBill Zachary
- Albert SalmiEd Taylor
- Henry SilvaLujan
- Kathleen GallantEmma Steimmetz
- Barry CoeTom
- George VoskovecGus Steimmetz
- Herbert RudleySheriff Sanchez
- Lee Van CleefAlfonso Parral
- Andrew DugganPadre
- Ken ScottPrimo, Deputy Sheriff
Stills
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Themes
rape and revenge