John Derek's Westerns are proving consistently interesting. This is directed by Tarantino fave William Witney and is full of action - people are always climbing through windows and pulling guns and double crossing. It's a decent script, if a familiar story - John Derek seeks revenge on his uncle Jim Davis.
Derek normally played spoiled weaklings, young things teamed with crusty older stars. Here he plays someone with balls, tough, a womaniser, flirty, ruthless, hires gunmen (who kill people). It's pretty good work. He romances a hayseed girl who gets whipped for kissing him which is full on but the guy who does it dies.
Vigorous entertainment.
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