i like the main story of the movie and our hero be lawman for hire bring in to deal with a man who be run roughshod over a town . the hero have a history together and be interest character and the villain be a typical western baddie and crew of loyal outlaw and no conscience and the town council or owner be eastern dandy unable to deal with the raw life of the frontier . the action of our hero be well do and a be the resulting confrontation although i saw a missed opportunity or two in plot execution . the thing that ruin this film be the love interest subplot and the fact that cole be fool enough to keep try to make a life with the woman even after he saw her cheat and know she would do so again and again and again . frankly it seem to go against everything we know about the character who be otherwise an intelligent if not well school man and who understand psychology well enough to make a crowd of 20 arm men back down . spoiler time represent besides the repeat idiocy regard the romance i feel the pardon plot point be woefully flimsy . the villain receive a pardon for all crime commit in the county and the problem be the murder he be convict of take place outside the sheriff jurisdiction and thus outside the county . overall i give this movie a c it passable but could have be so much good with a little more thought and a little less forced romance .