only slightly less impressive than fuller debut be this and his second film and with an excellent and slightly restrain vincent price a the eponymous title character and another true life minor figure in the history of the old west represent james addison reavis and who in the 1880s concoct a grand scheme to defraud the united state of a large chunk of the then territory of arizona through forge document show a spanish land grant hand down for a century and a half to the woman he be to make his bride . price conviction and fuller straightforward direction somehow make this preposterous tale ring true ( many of the basic be correct and though fuller certainly over dramatize the late confrontation between reavis and the government with it ally the homesteader that the baron be try to steal from ) . like i shoot jesse james this be ultimately a tale of redemption and a the baron and like bob ford and come to understand that it be not rich and title that make him attractive to his baroness sofia ( ellen drew ) but his character . unlike bob ford and he be a man capable of learn and profit from past mistake . the narration and from a clubby smoking room and seem superfluous but fit in with fuller this happen and and you be there aim . the film do drag a bit in the last third or so and and the great character actress beulah bondi be essentially waste in a small role a sofia tutor and but price carry the film and and the last shot and reminiscent to me of the last moment of the life of others carry a powerful emotional punch . watch on the fine eclipse dvd .