the theme of pursued be violent revenge . don not forget that this be make shortly after wwii end and so that the theme of men return from combat and and the constant threat of death and be something everyone be conscious of while it almost a if jeb have ptsd ( the black dog rid his back ) and and death follow him and through no fault of his own and throughout the movie . the premise isn not complicate at all represent a man bring up to love the daughter of his adopt family kill her brother the fact that her family kill his be a bit irrelevant while see below . when thorley reveal her intention to murder jeb on their wedding night and i have to concede that it a little unconvincing and but this be a limitation of teresa wright performance and which be too wholesome if she would play it a bit sexy and more hot blood and she would be much more believable . in term of the operatic plot and it completely logical while two men have have a go at jeb and now it a woman turn and and the stake be even high . jeb phlegmatically welcome death each time and and each time it turn out that he the only one with the true killer instinct . the posse come for jeb be his real nemesis and and it here that the happy ( happy . your mother in law shoot the guy who shoot your father just a theyre about to string you up . ) end let the movie down while thorley should have sacrifice herself to save jeb and redeem herself and the callums and but presumably this be think too depress for 1947. this would have dispense with all the desperate last minute exposition and too . the camera work be sublime and and judith anderson do a great ma in law from hell . i wonder what elvis presley would have make of the role . mitchum show just how far ahead of the 1950 beefcake field he be .