there should be a sub genre in the western call the robert mitchum western . mitchum brilliant and idiosyncratic and usually undervalue western import his film noir persona to etch some compellingly dark character sketch and and bring an elegiac world weariness more familiar from the film of sam peckinpah . man with the gun be one of his best . direct by orson welles protege richard wilson and it be a stark and monochrome beauty and full of chill silhouette and terrify outburst of savage violence and a mitchum come to tame a town terrorise by a monopolist with a private army . mitchum regression from soft spoken stranger to derange murderer and with a host of dark emotion in between and be a marvel of expressive and physical acting .