The film is a little too short perhaps and the love interest subplot wasn't as well developed as it could have been. However, there is a lot to recommend The Law and Jake Wade. As a western and a film, it is fine and suitably tense, and I didn't mind the Indian attacks actually, they weren't outstanding but they weren't awful that they make you think "oh god this is appalling". Plus the climax, the Comache attack on a ghost town, I thought was well choreographed. The Law and Jake Wade is beautifully photographed, and the scenery is luscious. The score is lovely as well, and I was impressed with the clever screenplay and the acting. Robert Taylor I can find dull, like in Ivanhoe(that is of course my opinion) but he has enough charisma and grit to carry the picture, and Richard Widmark is all nasty and sneering as his adversary. John Sturges's direction is superb, and the story is very well-constructed. Overall, underrated and well done, not perfect but definitely worth watching. 8/10 Bethany Cox