

Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
Acting
Glenn Ford's trembling hands say everything.
Direction
Rouse builds tension through what characters *don't* do.
Writing
The drunk confession scene is devastatingly human.
Director
Russell Rouse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Russ Tamblyn's dance number was improvised after directors discovered his hidden talent mid-shoot.
Released during TV's Western boom, this theatrical 'adult Western' deliberately slowed the genre down to compete with Eisenhower-era anxieties about conformity and hidden violence.
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