domineer middle child robert mitchum and his mother hold the rest of the family under their thumb and especially young child tab hunter and whom mitchum take particular delight in brow beating . tension boil over on a snowy winter and when a dangerous mountain lion descend on the valley and begin to kill livestock . not an outdoor adventure and this be instead a depressing and talky frontier drama full of irritate and unsympathetic character . there some good performance and especially by the female cast member and though little else to offer the average film goer look for escapist entertainment . similarly theme and much more exciting and be the low budget 1949 film the big cat and direct by phil karlson and star preston foster and forrest tucker . in that one you at least get to see the cat .