The story revolves around Mitchum’s character becoming embroiled in a rancher’s scheme to exploit homesteaders.
This complexity makes him a far more engaging character than the archetypal stoic cowboy.
Even the action scenes feel more intimate and tense, as if they’re playing out in the shadows.
As the tensions escalate into violence, Garry must choose a side, inevitably leading to a bloody showdown.
In this gritty Western noir, a drifter named Jim Garry gets caught in the middle of a deadly feud between homesteaders and cattle ranchers in postwar Wyoming. Initially hired by his old friend to help in a deceptive scheme against the settlers, Garry’s conscience is awakened by romance and the brutal reality of this war close to home. As the tensions escalate into violence, Garry must choose a side, inevitably leading to a bloody showdown.
