although this film be direct by the great raoul walsh and the story by niven busch be the main factor in this western . robert mitchum be pursue by one tragedy after another and and he seem to be hopeless and can not understand the reason of it all . at the toss of a coin he decide the most important thing in his life and and he seem resign to accept whatever his destiny will bring up and until circumstance force him to react and face the enormous obstacle that stand between himself and the woman he love ( theresa wright ) . this be a fascinating western and and even with the photography of the famous james wong howe and it do not have the beautiful scenery of the tall men or the big trail and also direct by walsh and the idea be to give it a dark mood .