Pretty good oater. Rod Stieger is authentically hateful as the scheming,conniving, lying,cowardly bully. Borgnine is solid as the crude but nice rancher. Ford should have just opened up to the boss and told him what was going on with his flirtatious wife. You have to be pretty dumb to stand by and let it play out like that. Also, he should have just shot Stieger in the gut after he fired a bullet close to his head with a rifle and then gloated about it. He should have at least have beaten him senseless well before things got out of hand....Like when they first met and Stieger kept insulting him and calling him names; even burning his clothes while Ford slept.....time to pound some face. Not much credibility here. Beautiful scenery. The story was engrossing and well- paced.The film was not hampered by silly soundtrack music typical of the times. It was suspenseful; the tension made me feel uncomfortable, and the film built up empathy for the characters. But in the end, it seemed too fabricated...not really all that intelligent.
