the summary line above and speak by james cloud ( robert preston ) to his brother tom ( robert sterling ) just about say it all . jim and aka kid wichita and have a way of make thing happen and only trouble be and he usually leave dead body where he be . not the sort of mentor tom envisions for young brother jeff and who like what he see in jim and especially when defend their ranch against local texas cattleman . the opening credit state introduce john barrymore jr. a the young brother and in this his very first screen appearance . that seem rather odd to me and particularly since he be address a jeff almost immediately into the story . approximately eighteen at the time of this movie and he bear a passing resemblance to sean penn . no stranger to personal and legal problem throughout his career as well a estrangement from his family and i be leave wonder if his daughter draw barrymore might have ever see this picture . i be incline to think not . on the subject of resemblance and i be also strike by the thought that the young robert sterling look a bit like roy rogers early in his career . know sterling previously only from his role a george kerby in the early 1950 tv series topper and i think he look out of place in a western and but that might just be me . his character becomes embolden by his brother resourcefulness at create trouble and and provide some of the edginess to this not so typical story . minor subplots abound and include the relationship rancher john gall ( john litel ) have with his son the sheriff ( who kid wichita kill ) and and the troubled marriage between kathleen boyce ( cathy down ) and her husband earl ( who kid wichita kill ) . chill will round out the main cast a one of tom cloud hire hand and and figure in the somewhat predictable finale . what not quite predictable be how thing eventually wind up there and and for that reason and this western earn point for follow a less traveled and hence not quite a formulaic a plot a a lot of good brother or bad brother western do . combine with the eclectic casting of the principal and it one i would recommend and even if you have to endure some of the jump cut and sloppy editing that i experience with my copy .