this be one of the most ridiculous western that hollywood ever make . gary cooper play reb hollister and a former confederate officer want by the law . he meet up with a moron name weatherby and play by leif erickson and who be a u. s. marshal with no knowledge of firearm . weatherby be on his way to dallas to see his fiancee and tonia roble and play by ruth roman . senor roble and tonia father and have plenty of men and but they can not seem to be able to keep an eye on his cattle and which be regularly rustle by the marlow brother . will marlow and play by raymond massey and have finance the loan on the roble estate and make thing completely absurd . he even have the power to call for mortgage payment before theyre due and simply because he feel like it . since weatherby be a boston boy who can not fight and since he only become a marshal so he could visit his fiancee and tonia and ( just another instance of more plot nonsense . be we to assume that you only have to pass a write test to get this job . wait a minute and this guy couldn not pass the write test either . ) he switch identity with reb hollister and who of course be an expert gunman . reb take the liberty of greet weatherby girl with a passionate kiss and while weatherby look on like an idiot . gary cooper and hollywood number one stud and be in fine form here a reb . before the movie do and not only do he take weatherby job and he steal his fiancee also and and ruth roman a tonia and fall for him so hard and so fast that she give chump leif erickson the brush off before the film little more than half over . there isn not a shred of plot credibility in the whole film and so despite the good cast and lush photography and the film be a dud . and cooper character be a complete heel to boot . the film also star barbara payton a brant marlow girl and a beautiful and talented actress who squander away her chance and unfortunately and by make too many headline for the wrong reason . i strongly suggest you pass this one up .