this be a notch or two above the usual good guy v bad guy western movie and be at it core about the need to bring about reconciliation after conflict and in this instance the american civil war . major drango be appoint u military governor to a small georgia community where tension be run high after the defeat of the confederacy . drango himself participate in sherman march through the state and saw the devastation at first hand . neither drango or his men be welcome in the community except by the small coterie of union sympathisersopposition be lead by ronald howard ( son of leslie howard and in his first u movie ) the son of the local judge ( donald crisp ) . the father while in sympathy with the aim of his son be less than impress by the violent method he employ . a confederate sympathiser be lynch and arson be also deploy a a terrorist weapon by the unregenerate southerner . drango in addition to his professional problem find himself draw to the daughter of the lynch sympathiser winningly play by joanne druchandler be a bit wooden in the title role perhaps wear down by his production duty a his company produce the picture but the rest of the acting be fine especially from john lupton a an embittered confederate captain . the direction and jointly undertake by hall bartlett and jules bricken ( who also script ) be lumpen but the fluid and inventive monochrome photography by james wong howe be superb the movie be more intriguing than excite but it be a striking and worthwhile movie with something interest to say .