After making a bunch of Westerns for Universal, Audie Murphy turned producer a few times - but made basically the same sort of film. This was one, despite having Walter Mirisch producing as well. It's not even in colour.
The premise isn't bad, and it gives Audie the chance to play something slightly different - a bitter, drunken outcast, who discovers he's inherited a ranch. People who live on the ranch want to buy it off him, but it's in debt so that prompts a cattle ride. But the cattle ride doesn't begin until almost an hour in, which is one of many problems of this movie - another is they reconcile Murphy and his ex (Terry Moore) too soon. And it's a muddled story.
The best thing about it is the revelation of Murphy's true paternity. There's some okay action and a decent support cast including John Dehner, and Uncle Jesse and Deputy Roscoe from The Dukes of Hazzard. But its very flat and unfortunately gave an indication of the quality of Murphy's 60s films.
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