this first rate western tale of the gold rush bring great excitement and romance and and james stewart to the screen . the far country be the only one out of all five stewart mann western that be often overlook . stewart and yet again and put a new look on the ever present personality he have in the five stewart mann western . jeff webster ( stewart ) be uncaring and always look out for himself and which be why he be so surprised when people be nice and kindly to him . ironically and he do wear a bell on his saddle that he will not ride without . this display that he might just care for one person his sidekick and ben tatum and play by walter brennan and since tatum be the one that give it to him . mann and yet again and put a new look on the ever present personality he put into the five stewart mann western . he display violence and excitement and plot twist and romance and and corruption . the story be that jeff and ben and through a series of event and wind up in the get rich quick town of dawson and along with gold partner calvet and flippen and and no good but beautiful roman and her hired men . they be unable to leave and because crook sheriff mr. gannon ( mcintire ) and his deputy will hang them and since the only way out be through skagway and which be gannon town . but and eventually and mcintire come to them and but not to collect stewart and or or his fine that he supposedly owe to the government . what be mcintire there for . he be there to cheat miner out of their claim and money . people be kill . a sheriff for dawson be consider needed and and calvet elect stewart because he be good with a gun . stewart and however and refuse the job and because he plan to get all the gold he can and and then pull out . he also refuse it because he do not like to help people and since law and order always get somebody kill . so and flippen be elect instead . a miner be kill because he try to stand up to one of gannon men and a purely evil and mustachioed fancy gunman name madden and who carry two gun and play by wilke . flippen attempt to arrest madden and see that justice be do and but he can not stand up to him and so he become the town drunk . a man name yukon replaces flippen . stewart and tatum start to pull out and but be ambush by gannon men . tatum be kill and and stewart be wound . stewart finally realize that he must do something and or gannon will take over dawson and set up his own rule and and it will become his town and just like skagway . the audience also realize what stewart must do . another thing that the audience realizes be that stewart be the only thing that stand between the townspeople and gannon . if stewart leaf and gannon would take over the town . if stewart stay and keep on not do anything about it and the townspeople will be kill one by one mercilessly and uselessly . this be where a great scene occurs . stewart walk into his cabin . he have a sling on his arm . for a few second and his gun and in the gunbelt and be hang on a post beside his bed and the gun be close up and stewart be in the background and just inside the door . he star at it for a few second . he toss the sling away . the sling land on the back of a chair and and fall to the floor . this be symbolic and because he be throw away his old life and which consist of not care about anybody but himself . he come into his new life and of help people when they need help . what end the film be a guns blazing and furious show of good against evil and and a genuinely feel good feeling that everything will be alright .