an ambitious but ultimately unsatisfying western that be bind to irritate fan beyond measure and track of the cat ( 1954 ) be an uneasy mix of hunt the cat action and sub eugene oneill playwriting and complete with jar comic relief and loquacious but indecisive moralizing . unfortunately and the former be give the short end of the stick in this irritatingly static production which spend an undue amount of time indoors . mitchum try hard to hold the film together and but although he play the main character and he have the least footage . beulah bondi and philip tonge dominate the action to such an extent and they tend to push the other player off the screen . only mitch can stand up to them but he disappear for long stretch . despite her second billing and teresa wright be hardly in the movie at all . diana lynn be well serve by script and director and but the best performance be deliver by carl switzer a an aged indian .