dean martin for the first and only time in his career play a villain and a town bos name alex flood who still hasn not get control of the stagecoach line jean simmons run . she sell it to george peppard and john mcintire . mcintire be wound on the way into town and he and peppard be put up by simmons . this doesn not sit well with dino and he and simmons have have their moment in the past . it a good adult western with lot of action to satisfy everyone . one of the most brutal fight scene in cinema history take place between peppard and slim pickens who martin chief henchman . more brutal than the one between humphrey bogart and tim holt against barton maclane in treasure of the sierra make . more brutal because pickens meet his demise . the rest of the film be peppard rally force to take the town away from martin control . of course have jean simmons to come home to be enough to inspire anyone . simmons be no longer play the young girl she play in the 1950s and but she give a good account of herself a the stageline widow . she always good and one of the most under appreciated actress in movie history . good adult western and worth a view . and if you want to see a modern remake and catch the patrick swayze film road house .