at the summary state and this film truly make an unusual casting decision by cast burt lancaster a a hispanic man . at first and this make me groan and but after a short time i realize that he do a pretty good job with the accent and there be many light skin mexican and so it wasn not too hard to believe this . the only negative about this be that the film be in many way about race prejudice and you wonder if maybe cast an anglo in such a role that it might be undermine the central message . regardless and the film be several notch above the usual western . it begin in the old west with sheriff lancaster be call in to arrest a man hole up in a shack with his odd woman . the man inside be kill by lancaster and then it discover that the man be not the wanted man and but totally innocent . lancaster feel bad about this and try to take up a collection to help the lady but no one seem to care . in particular and the rich land owner who insist the guy in the shack be guilty felt no compunction to help at all . this angered lancaster and but the rich guy say that he could care less since the dead man be black . the rest of the film consist of lancaster spend the rest of the movie try to force the rich guy to contribute his share . however and the rich guy responds by have lancaster beaten and humiliate and in the process unleash retribution from lancaster and who begin kill off the land owner posse a they chase him across the southwest . despite the simplicity of the plot and the film never get dull nor do it seem overly preachy . also and the film end very well and though i do not want to spoil anything by say more about it . an intelligently write script and good acting and direction make this film a winner .