A flabby sort of shaggy dog movie but it has a lot of charm, starting with its central idea: Glenn Ford wins some sheep in a poker game and tries to run them but comes up against prejudice and a cattle baron (Leslie Nielsen).
Actually more could have been done with that idea - scenes with sheep, Ford could've had a relationship with particular sheep, some shearing comedy, etc. There was more potential. I think they should have started with the game instead of telling it in reportage.
But Nielsen is fine as the villain and Shirley Maclaine adds from freshness as the girl (even if she does seem too young for Ford) and I liked seeing character types like Edgar Buchanan, Mickey O'Shaugnessy and especially Pernell Roberts, excellent as a killer.
Has an enjoyable quasi comic tone that many films from writer Bill Bowers had. I loved that Ford sold the sheep in the end because he didn't like him. The Mexican hand who then went and died was a little predictable.
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