this complicate western be a milestone in the career of james stewart after his return from war service and want to change his image by do a western and which be largely regard a the reason for the influx of western in the 50 since it very impressive . too bad it wasn not photograph in technicolor . stewart win first prize for the gun that win the west and but then have to spend the rest of the film try to recover it when it steal . shelley winter be a shady gal with an unsavory reputation and stephen mcnally be the local bad boy gunman in dodge city . will geer be wyatt earp and dan duryea be shelley bad boyfriend . and wouldn not you know that and it be a universal international film and tony curtis and rock hudson ( both quite unknown at the time ) have bite role . an interesting sequence feature the first indian attack and whereby charles drake reveals himself to be a coward who rid off and leave shelley alone in the horse drawn wagon . he later redeem himself and but it just one of the twist and turn that have the gun pass from one unsavory hand to another but finally end up with the rightful owner . stephen mcnally and james stewart have quite a final shootout that be almost a melodramatic ( but not quite ) a duel in the sun blazing gun finale . mcnally make the perfect villain and dan duryea be equally treacherous in the kind of villainous role he play throughout the 40 a a low life gunslinger . tightly construct story be extremely well direct by anthony mann and and it fun to see rock hudson ( credit a young bull ) wear indian war paint and tony curtis a a young soldier who cast long glance at the then slim and attractive shelley winter . well worth view and definitely an above average story .