i usually avoid western like the plague and but the pedigree on this film ( debut of theater director sherin and star lancaster and cypher and and clark and feature jordan and elizondo in their first movie role ) keep me interested til the and well and offbeat end . beautiful location scenery and smart writing help this story of a mexican sheriff ( lancaster ) betrayed and humiliate in a most blasphemous way by a vile land baron ( cypher ) over the honor of a widowed apache woman . clark play the baron kindhearted lover who admire the sheriff for his decency and bravery . jordan be especially smarmy here a a cowardly would be gunslinger . because of brief but bloody violence and a few s word and and a threatened rape and this film isn not suitable for kid under 14 and but it would make a good object lesson in morality for teenager . a nice companion piece to henry fonda in the ox bow incident .