Medium budget Western from Columbia which marked the third teaming of Broderick Crawford and John Derek. It's got a different sort of set up - telling the story of a posse coming back to town after pursuing some outlaws and we flashback to the build up.
Posse members include Derek and Crawford. The cast also features Charles Bickford and Wanda Hendrix so that's pretty good. I'm not wild about Henry Hull, playing yet another reporter, but people like him.
The black and white photography is wonderful. There's too many characters - the film would've been better off having less, and developing them all. But it's an adult story, surprisingly downbeat. Crawford gets a chance as a boozy but principled sheriff. He dies at the end which is a shock.
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