This picture gives executive-producer Mitchum a chance to bring film noir sensibilities to a Tex-Mex Western, and it works just fine thanks to fine craftsmenship both in front and behind the camera. An outstanding supporting cast really gives this one a boost. Floyd Crosby and Alex Phillips offer up some terrific location photography, and Alex North provides a rich musical background. Robert Parrish directs with customary skill.The DVD-R provides a nicely saturated, anamorphic presentation at the correct 1:66 to 1 ratio. The sound is 2.0 monophonic. Grain structure and image sharpening are evident, but the presentation is a fine one for a film that mostly surfaces only on TCM. There is a non-anamorphic, region-2 Spanish dvd that can now be considered obsolete. Fans of this film should be happy with this release.