Drifter Audie Murphy inherits a massive ranch from the man long-rumored to be his real father and returns home to sell it to a worker's collective, most of which resent him for being the boss's son and look down on him for being illegitimate and the son of a loose woman.
Though critically panned, this isn't nearly as bad as some say. it's actually an interesting study of both social and personal psychology, with Murphy changing his mind and pushing back hard against the patronizing cowboys in a do-or-die cattle drive, where he (the son) becomes an inverted, mini-version of John Wayne in Red River.
As entertaining as it is, it could have used a healthier budget and a more polished script. Also, the ending was annoyingly abrupt as well and main villain James Best (the best of the underrated heavies) should have been given more to do.
Though this was pretty much forgotten, producer Walter Murch struck gold the following year with The Magnificent Seven.
Though critically panned, this isn't nearly as bad as some say. it's actually an interesting study of both social and personal psychology, with Murphy changing his mind and pushing back hard against the patronizing cowboys in a do-or-die cattle drive, where he (the son) becomes an inverted, mini-version of John Wayne in Red River.
As entertaining as it is, it could have used a healthier budget and a more polished script. Also, the ending was annoyingly abrupt as well and main villain James Best (the best of the underrated heavies) should have been given more to do.
Though this was pretty much forgotten, producer Walter Murch struck gold the following year with The Magnificent Seven.