...but I'm a big Dino fan, and I hate to see Dean here as the bad guy...really bad guy! However, it's a pretty good Western. Far from the quality of "Rio Bravo", but "good".
Dean here is fine. And George Peppard -- an actor I never cared for -- is really good here. And so is Jean Simmons in a role that seems atypical for her. Also good were the supporting actors -- the venerable character actor John McIntire, and Don Galloway, whom many may remember from the television series "Ironside" with Raymond Burr.
The plot is not that unusual -- the bad guy (Dean) has taken over the town and the good guys (primarily Peppard, Simmons, and McIntire) are going to take the town back, although part of the drama is the reluctance with which Peppard gets involved. The final scenes between Peppard and Dean are quite good as a sort of cat and mouse game.
Again, this is not a "great" Western. If you're not at all into Westerns, skip this for something like "Rio Bravo" (also with Dean). But I would say this this Western is better than average.
Dean here is fine. And George Peppard -- an actor I never cared for -- is really good here. And so is Jean Simmons in a role that seems atypical for her. Also good were the supporting actors -- the venerable character actor John McIntire, and Don Galloway, whom many may remember from the television series "Ironside" with Raymond Burr.
The plot is not that unusual -- the bad guy (Dean) has taken over the town and the good guys (primarily Peppard, Simmons, and McIntire) are going to take the town back, although part of the drama is the reluctance with which Peppard gets involved. The final scenes between Peppard and Dean are quite good as a sort of cat and mouse game.
Again, this is not a "great" Western. If you're not at all into Westerns, skip this for something like "Rio Bravo" (also with Dean). But I would say this this Western is better than average.