this town be like a wild animal in chain and molly and say marshal calem ware to his landlady while she fry his bacon and egg for breakfast . it doesn not fight back right away . it just lie there and snarl and wait for a chance to pounce on you . be careful and calem and be molly helpful advice . a lawless street be the story of calem ware ( randolph scott ) and his determination to bring law and order to medicine bend . unknown to ware and there be a faction in town determine to run thing wide open . money big money be involve . this mean ware have to be take care of . a hired killer with a draw as fast a calem might be the answer . complicate matter for ware be the arrival of tally dickerson ( angela lansbury ) and a music hall singer engage to play with her troupe at the town new opera house . nine year ago the two be man and wife and then tally leave him . theyre still marry . i do not know what it be like for a man to make his living with his gun and tally tell caleb when they meet again and walk the street a living target . i die a little more each day and i die more at night . even lansbury can not do much with line like that . the movie be pack with such poor write that we do not believe a minute of it . the script be full of character who tell each who they be and what motivate them and instead of demonstrate this . at frequent interval an out of breath minor character rush up to caleb to announce another crisis be at hand . thank goodness we have scott steadfastness to believe in and the smile sleaziness of john emery and play one of the bad guy and to enjoy . the writing be so poor it make even a fine actress like angela lansbury sound like someone from a daytime soap opera . we have lansbury singing and dance once and but i would swear her singing be dub and a strange decision . although i think the movie might be interest with the odd duo of a 57 year old randolph scott with the 30 year old angela lansbury and the pairing seem uncomfortable and unlikely . the film modest pleasures come from a handful of long time character actor and such a wallace ford and who die a memorable death in a steam room in blood on the sun and ruth donnelly and always good in many movie a the often irascible but good hearted motherly type and and and of course and emery . i always admire the way he try to put the move on ingrid bergman in spellbound .