John Derek's 50s Westerns were usually surprisingly interesting but this is dull. He comes back to a town where he shot someone a while ago. There's a lot of talk - so much talk. It plays like an episode of a TV series, with extra dollop of angst.
Derek's got angst, so has Nick Adams as his brother. John Smith from Laramie is lively as a gunman. The film coud've done with more of it.
I think the filmmakers were trying to do something different but they missed and what's more didn't replace with interesting characters or tension.
Derek emotes effectively in some scenes. The thought of him and Adams palling around off screen is fun - more fun than the film.
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