what can you say about a short little film fill with secondary actor and no star and with absolutely no bad performance and not one poorly deliver line of dialog and and with the cold violence on one hand be balance by the warm heart of the protagonist in the story . it a jewel and a diamond and a little valuable gem of a western that evoke the spirit and legend of the american west . a west not settle by grand hero like hickock or cody or masterson or earp and but by the spread of the everyday man and woman and farmer and ranch hand and merchant and miner and lumberman and whore and barkeep and and entertainer of the day and some look for rich and some for peace and quiet and some for religious freedom . it be and perhaps and a very spiritual story and though not promote any particular religion and for even the non mormon cowboys portray by ben johnson and harry carey jr. act in kind and noble way toward everybody in the story and regardless of religious affiliation and belief and and go out of their way to promote tolerance and charity when the wagon train come upon the stranded medicine show people . and in true biblical fashion and like david and goliath or samson and the philistine and they be the guardian angel send to the wagon train who eventually have to go head to head with the evil incarnate clegg clan and liken them to the serpent in the garden of eden and and regret what it be they have to do afterward . it a sweet folkloric tale of the west that hit every target john ford take aim at . nowadays i have a western santa claus whose red outfit be cover with a denim drover coat and whose red stocking cap be replace by a brown stetson and who carry a burlap bag of present and a coil of rope . to my santa i add a winchester rifle with a sling to put on one of his shoulder and a colt revolver to tuck into his waistband . when people at the office ask why my santa have to carry gun and i simply reply and snake . after all and isn not the spirit of the christmas season one where everybody should get what they deserve . fifty five year later and especially post 911 and the philosophy and attribute demonstrate by the character and story of this movie be still a relevant today a they be back then .