Bank robber Audie Murphy is mistaken for a famous marshal by judge Walter Matthau and forced to be sheriff. He doesn't mind too much, because there's a shiny bank in town. Gia Scala shows up and masquerades as his wife. Other bank robbers show up and cut a deal for when the bank will be full, and double-cross him. Matthau grows suspicious.
It's a tale of the rocky road to redemption, and how much easier it is when people think you're a good guy. Matthau tries some flour in his hair and does an imitation of Gabby Hays playing Roy Bean, with his arm in a sling for a third of the movie; clearly this was a statement on his abilities as an actor compared to the other members of the cast. It's another of the competent "Shaky A" westerns that Universal starred Murphy in in this period, with a screenplay by Borden Chase.
It's a tale of the rocky road to redemption, and how much easier it is when people think you're a good guy. Matthau tries some flour in his hair and does an imitation of Gabby Hays playing Roy Bean, with his arm in a sling for a third of the movie; clearly this was a statement on his abilities as an actor compared to the other members of the cast. It's another of the competent "Shaky A" westerns that Universal starred Murphy in in this period, with a screenplay by Borden Chase.