sort of an early unforgiven in some way . also similar to director lewis terror in a texas town though thankfully not a goofy or campy . you get a real sense of the wild west slowly be tame and of it make the uneasy transition from a violent and lawless land to a reasonably civilized place where law and order stand a chance . i like randolph scott metaphor for the town and that it like a wild animal that keep get kick and and sooner or later it go to do more than just snarl and growl miserably while it go to bite back . scott make a good and twinkle eyed loner hero and angela lansbury be quite attractive a his leggy showgirl love interest and ( though she would begin play mother of grown child just a few year later ) but their romance be rather obligatory and uninspired . both the villain be effective and warner anderson a the unscrupulous ( what else . ) womanize businessman and michael pate a the sinister gloved gunman ( lewis seem to have a thing about gunman wear glove ) . anderson line delivery be extremely flat and matter of fact and which just make him that much more detestable somehow . he like a greed machine and no heart and no emotion whatsoever . at first glance this may seem like no more than just another passable western and but it get some meat on it bone . and lewis really shine when it come to build the suspense lead up to the inevitable bar room showdown between the bad guy and the good .