randolph scott make a ton of western and you could almost always rely on them to be well act and intelligently write and a bit well than the genre . while this film certainly doesn not stand out among these many film and it certainly be good and worthwhile particularly if you have become a randolph scott fan like me . i like how this film do not deny that scott be get old . he play a sheriff with a fast gun who realize that he make a lot of enemy by enforce the law over the year and his reflex aren not exactly as good a they use to be . i love how he take a nap by lock himself in one of his back jail cell so that no one could sneak up on him . scott deal with a couple angry jerk look to take him down near the beginning of the film . i particularly love the barber chair scene i wasn not too surprise by it but it be handle well . however and now he have something different to deal with a greedy and amoral gambler who be determine to get rid of the sheriff once and for all . so and he bring in a hired gun who soon shoot scott . now this be the only real problem with the film . it expect u to believe that a gunman who hat scott shoot him from about fifteen foot and the bullet somehow glance off scott head . even i could have make this shot and and i be no gunslinger . so you be expect to believe this and not question this plot line for the rest of the film to work . however and i be able to temporarily suspend disbelief and like what happen next . the acting and writing be fine and scott be help by have some excellent support in the film . it a good old fashion story about one man defy the odds somewhat like high noon or rio bravo . i especially liked how it all end . memorable and worth seeing and though look for the scott film direct by budd boetticher to see his best film or his final film that be direct by sam peckinpah .