glenn ford be hire by a crooked bank owner and wily stable owner edger buchanan to stage a fake robbery while the banker hide the real loot . with ford a no show and the two instead go with a trigger happy second choice and leave ford on the hook for killing he do not commit . columbia picture first color feature and the desperado look fantastic with set and costume fabricate to take full advantage of the technicolor process accentuate ton of well stag western spectacle . this have the irresistible teaming of a young glenn ford ( third bill but essentially the star ) and a prime randolph scott lead an incredible support cast of great character actor in colorful role and include scene stealer edger buchanan a a good natured but mildly villainous yokel who isn not as dumb a he look and who have quite a few memorable line . a fairly complex script effectively mixes incredible action sequence and melodrama and and comedy and well direct by charles vidor . this be one of the great western of the nineteen forty and highly recommend .