A Confederate spy takes the sheriff job in a lawless Union town where people are hostile to him and where a crooked saloon owner peddles rifles to the renegade Indians.A Confederate spy takes the sheriff job in a lawless Union town where people are hostile to him and where a crooked saloon owner peddles rifles to the renegade Indians.A Confederate spy takes the sheriff job in a lawless Union town where people are hostile to him and where a crooked saloon owner peddles rifles to the renegade Indians.
- Curly
- (as Reg Parton)
- Bushwhacker - Ed Jones
- (as Eric Cody)
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
- Jim the Bartender
- (uncredited)
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe only film James Cagney, the narrator, worked on during his long retirement from 1961-81. He did it as a favor to the film's producer, A.C. Lyles, a longtime friend.
- Quotes
Sheriff Lloyd Grover: I didn't know you had any dealing with the Indians.
Tom Rile: You still don't know. That's what I pay you for...not to know anything.
Sheriff Lloyd Grover: What is it, Tom? Are you selling the Apaches whiskey or guns?
Tom Rile: You better put that blindfold back on.
Sheriff Lloyd Grover: It's no wonder you got so many gunslingers working for you.
Tom Rile: You know, you'd look a lot healthier with that usual dumb look on your face.
Sheriff Lloyd Grover: Tom, I can only go so far with that dumb look and then something gets stuck in my craw and I can't get it out.
Tom Rile: Yeah, what? Your conscience?
** (out of 4)
Set during the Civil War, Lee Travis (Howard Keel) is a Confederate soldier who is released from a Union prison so that he can head to Arizona and become the new Sheriff to a small town that is controlled by Union supporters.
There's a lot of dialogue in the film that expands on the plot description I just gave but that's the basic plot to this film, which just seems too old-fashioned for its own good. The film was released in 1968 yet it seems like it should have been made thirty-years earlier but producer A.C. Lyles was attempting to make a Western that would appeal to an older crowd. The Italian Spaghetti Westerns had taken over so here was a throwback and that's also shown with the older cast.
Not only do you have Keel here but there's also Yvonne DeCarlo, James Craig, Barton MacLane and John Ireland. Obviously this film was meant to be a throwback to older Westerns but the problem is that there's just nothing interesting going on here. The characters are all boring. The story isn't anything to brag about. Then you've got to wonder why the producer would think this story would want to be seen by anyone in 1968.
Not only is the film very slow but it's just downright boring to the point where even the cast can't save it. The actors are all game for what they're asked to do but they just can't bring any energy to the material. You've even got narration from James Cagney to start things off but this turns out to be rather worthless as well.
- Michael_Elliott
- Sep 28, 2018
Details
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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