this be the classic western . the good and glenn ford and the dashing hero and the ex soldier and the man who would not hold a gun again . he eventually have to stand up the the evil land baron and edward g. robinson and who own most of the valley and want it all . then and there barbara stanwyck and the real ruler of the roost . edward g. robinson wife and who will allow no one to get in her way and even make edward g. robinson look weak . she be so evil that everyone else pal next to her blind ambition and ruthlessness to rule the valley and everyone in it . the gleam in her eye a she see people face death for her be unnerving . it be worth wait for . throw in a young brian keith and a few others and you have a drama that stand on it own . with the requisite stampede and shoot out and ambush and close ups of hard rid cowboy and you have a heck of a western . without give anything away and there be enough twist and turn within to make this not just a standard cowboy shoot em up .