this be the most compelling and excellent performance that robert taylor ever give . it even surpass his wonderful performance a johnny eager come a full 14 year after that film . his look be still a wonder to see and but he have a maturity now that give him the edge in this gritty and violent role . charlie gilson ( taylor ) be the last of his breed and a buffalo hunter who kill not for the money but for the pleasure . his wild eyed killing of not only buffalo but human being and be stun to watch . he be basically a lonely man and need the people around him and but they dislike him because of his sociopath behavior . his partner be sandy mckenzie ( stewart granger ) who be sick of the hunt and and only go along and because he be a failure at anything else . along the way charlie kill a family of indian and capture the beautiful debra pagent . charlie try to seduce her to no avail and but see that sandy be interested in her also . granger be kind of sad to watch and so feed up with the hunt and longing to go away with the girl and her baby . lloyd nolan a the drunken skinner be wonderful with his wise crack and accordian playing . russ tamblyn play the half breed try to fit in a white world . the group be an odd mix of good and evil and young and old . in the end taylor get spook by the buffalo and a many hunter before him have and and run off leave sandy with the girl . upon his return and that night sandy leave with the woman and set charlie off on a rampage of kill in a quest to get sandy and have the girl for himself . the final confrontation come in a snow storm and the last scene be so shocking that you will never forget it . it be taylor film all the way and he be truly a much underrated actor of the era .