one of the many good but not great western ( or would this be a northern . ) that john wayne make between stagecoach and fort apache and the spoiler have top bill marlene dietrich more or less reprise her role from destry ride again ( they even play an instrumental version of little joe in the background of one scene ) . but the truly inspired bit of casting be randolph scott a mcnamara and the mining commissioner . mcnamara be establish immediately a wayne rival in love and a little later a a business obstacle . give the convention of the genre and we would assume his villainy from the beginning . except and you know and it randolph scott . i mean and that would be like . well and like make john wayne the villain . so when it turn out that he be the villain and it a genuine surprise ( for the long time and i keep think that he would have one of those hollywood conversion right at the end and help wayne to set thing right before die in a hail of gunfire ) . and of course and randolph scott couldn not be expect to lose easily to some young whippersnapper name marion and so they be almost require to do the excellent brawl which end the film . ( another inspire piece of cast which i do not know about until i look it up be robert w. service play robert w. service . ) .