After his father and brother are murdered by a corrupt lawyer and sheriff duo, railroad surveyor Clay O'Mara plans his revenge, and is aided by former outlaw Whitey Kincade.After his father and brother are murdered by a corrupt lawyer and sheriff duo, railroad surveyor Clay O'Mara plans his revenge, and is aided by former outlaw Whitey Kincade.After his father and brother are murdered by a corrupt lawyer and sheriff duo, railroad surveyor Clay O'Mara plans his revenge, and is aided by former outlaw Whitey Kincade.
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- TriviaThis movie is playing at the RKO Chester Theatre in a scene from Paddy Chayefsky's Marty (1955), directed by Delbert Mann. The scene features Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair walking under the marquee and standing near the box office and a lobby poster display.
- GoofsDuring the ride from Diablo to Santiago, Clay has Whitey handcuffed. When they are ambushed and Whitey's horse falls down, the rider puts his right hand down to break his fall, obviously no longer handcuffed.
- Quotes
Whitey Kincaid: If I was smart, I'd shoot you right now. Except I think I'll keep you around for awhile...just to see what makes you work.
Clay O'Mara: Maybe you're getting soft, Whitey. Maybe you're turning into a human being.
Whitey Kincaid: If I ever feel that coming on, I'll shoot myself.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Ljuset från Lund (1955)
The story in this film involves Clay O'Meara (Murphy) returning to town following the murder of his father and brother by unscrupulous lawyer Tom Meredith (William Pullen), crooked Sheriff Fred Kenyon (Paul Birch) and henchman Jed Ringer (Russell Johnson). To throw him off the trail, the unholy three blame the crime on known bad man Whitey Kincaid (Dan Duryea) and send O'Meara off to Diablo to bring him in knowing full well that he'll probably be killed by the gunman. Kincaid meanwhile takes a liking to O'Meara and against his better judgment, lends O'Meara a hand.
The sheriff's niece is engaged to Meredith but of course, falls in love with O'Meara. Ringer meantime, is planning a double-cross of the other two and then running off with saloon girl Kate (Abbe Lane).
Murphy essentially played the same one dimensional character in his series but was always aided by superior supporting casts. Duryea, playing his signature likeable villain role, is allowed to go way over the top by director Jesse Hibbs in this one (it's about that laugh). He was always better on the wrong side of the law and was always an asset to any movie that he appeared in. The beautiful Susan Cabot plays the standard helpless heroine role and Abbe Lane gets to sing a couple of forgettable songs.
Also in the cast are veteran western performers Jack Elam, Denver Pyle, Lane Bradford and Holly Bane.
Here's a little trivia with which to end my comments:
- Audie Murphy was the most decorated American soldier in WWII; - Susan Cabot died tragically at the hands of her son, actor Christopher Jones, in 1986; - Dan Duryea wound up on the TV soap "Peyton Place" just prior to his death in 1968; - Russell Johnson became famous as "The Professor" in TV's "Gilligan's Island"; - Abbe Lane was married to band leader Xavier Cugat at the time of this film.
- bsmith5552
- Jan 21, 2003
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes