Entertaining Southern about soldier-gambler Dale Robertson avenging the death of his dad. Good solid melodrama - his father was a gambler, he's helped by low class spit gire Debra Paget (similar to Cigarette from Under Two Flags ) and her dad Thomas Gomez (very fun) romances high class gal whose brother (Kevin McCarthy) is a cad. Slavery is almost entirely ignored though there are a few black characters. There's a duel at the end with swords and an earlier one with pistols.
Decent production values and novel setting - it does lack a really strong star. Dale Robertson isn't a Tyrone Power or Tony Curtis and the film needs it.
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