Outside of the fact that its two stars, Richard Egan and Martha Hyer, had a huge background in films and had appeared in several Classics, this film is a complete disaster, may be difficult to watch with bad sound and that is obviously nowhere near 35 millimeter. The first scene of the film has a group of men being escorted from their planes in Los Angeles to the middle of nowhere to the outskirts of town called Wellierton (presumably in Arizona) where they are given the task of picking the town blind from the two banks to the sheriff's office. Then we find out that sheriff Egan is being forced out and this is delayed by the arrival of these thugs.
So basically this is a penny budgeted modern set variation of "High Noon", and it's easy to feel sorry for Egan and Hyer to be stuck in the muck of films like this. This certainly ain't no "Summer Place" for Egan, having grown up in this town now tossing him to the curb, and for Oscar nominee Hyer, her role as Egan's wife is a complete letdown, way beneath her. Herb Vigran, John Lupton and a few others are familiar actors to those who have seen a lot of TV and movies, but they are stuck with the script that is cliched and unpleasant.
The setting reminds me of why ia greyhound trip cross-country to Los Angeles indicated to me why I would never stop off to check out any of these dust bowl towns. The pacing is slow and the atmosphere dreary and while there is some sympathy for Egan, Hyer and their teen son, there's not much else. This is one of those very low budget films where all the prints could disappear and outside of those involved, nobody would even realize that it had existed in the first place.
So basically this is a penny budgeted modern set variation of "High Noon", and it's easy to feel sorry for Egan and Hyer to be stuck in the muck of films like this. This certainly ain't no "Summer Place" for Egan, having grown up in this town now tossing him to the curb, and for Oscar nominee Hyer, her role as Egan's wife is a complete letdown, way beneath her. Herb Vigran, John Lupton and a few others are familiar actors to those who have seen a lot of TV and movies, but they are stuck with the script that is cliched and unpleasant.
The setting reminds me of why ia greyhound trip cross-country to Los Angeles indicated to me why I would never stop off to check out any of these dust bowl towns. The pacing is slow and the atmosphere dreary and while there is some sympathy for Egan, Hyer and their teen son, there's not much else. This is one of those very low budget films where all the prints could disappear and outside of those involved, nobody would even realize that it had existed in the first place.