
On his way home to West Texas, Tom Buchanan rides into the Californian border town of Agry, and into a feud between several members of the Agry family. In helping out a Mexican seeking revenge on one of them, Buchanan finds himself against the whole family.... (Full plot summary below)
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On his way home to West Texas, Tom Buchanan rides into the Californian border town of Agry, and into a feud between several members of the Agry family. In helping out a Mexican seeking revenge on one of them, Buchanan finds himself against the whole family.
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| Classic Film and TelevisionMichael E. GrostDark comedy gem in which the hero cleans up one of the most corrupt towns in Western history. |
| User ReviewDavid LI'm watching this again right now. The Randolph Scott-Budd Boetticher collaboration is almost as important in Western film history as those of John Wayne and John Ford or Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone. Scott, in his usual brilliance as the quiet hero, takes on a town run by a rapacious family. He saves the day. What more can you ask of a Western icon? |
| User ReviewChris CAn utterly brilliant Western from the unbeatable team of Budd Boetticher and Randolph Scott! This film is sadly forgotten by most film fans, today. I think it is every bit as good..and largely better..than any other Western made around the same time. EXCELLENT!! |
| User ReviewStephen CBudd Botteichers pair down B westerns deserve to be raised to a more loftier plane as they are the mosy interesting films in the western genre. The films he made with Randolph Scott are pretty matchless in terms of quality of acting and direction. Here Scott plays Buchanan a saddle tramp who rides into a border town where the welcome is less than friendly. Pretty soon Buchanan is making enemies with the local town bigwigs while standing up for a young Mexican who killed a local . Everybody in the town is pretty nasty and in a neat plot device some are related to each other. That doesn't stop them from underhanded and double dealing whether its stealing Buchannan's money or demanding an extortionate ransom to save the Mexican from the hangman's noose. It soon boils down to a final standoff but the film has a load of twisty turns to make before we reach that finale and unlike some of the other Scott/Botteicher Westerns there is plenty of humour too. The film contains plenty of tension as well and like all of Budd Boettichers films it really is a grand film in the western tradition. |
| User ReviewZoran SAnother great Boetticher/Randolph Scott Western, these two are almost as good as Mann/Stewart and Ford/Wayne. |
| User ReviewJason PMy favorite Boetticher so far. Scott's character is lighter and wittier, more cavalier. Lots of other interesting characters, too--the greedy brothers, the simpleton, Gomez and the Mexican boy. Lots of action and movement, not quite as heavy-handed as some of the others I've seen. |
| User ReviewBill TSurprisingly gritty western made in 1958, but you'd think it was playing in some grindhouse in the 70's with all it's blood, body count, and general mayhem going on. Randolph Scott plays the title character, and despite my reservations about him, plays this straight up, and just lets the movie ride with him. It's very dark and got a bit of biting humor to it. Very odd accomplishment. |
| User ReviewStella Di haven't seen a bad boetticher/scott western. this one has a light hearted tone that put me off at first but found myself enjoying quite a bit. this plot description is a bit off: buchanan rides alone through california, en route to his home in texas, passing through a town run by the crooked agry brothers, which he has all kinds of trouble leaving |
| User ReviewPaul Cb-movie western which started off quite well but continued too slowly especially so when you consider its very short runtime. they could've chucked a bit more into it. aside from the simple plot and pace the rest of the flick was aptly made and acted. it won't bore you but it won't stop you looking at the clock every now n' then. was lacking something. i can't put my finger on it |
| User ReviewJenn MNeat story about a rather polite cowboy type helps a young Mexican boy after he is arrested for killing the the town bully. He is assumed to be a co conspirator and is set to be hanged as well but assists the young man in escaping from the highly corrupt town. A lot more action than some of Boetiticher's films, which helped in keeping me watching |