Alicia I love this movie so much

Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

rooster_davis This was one of the few Audie Murphy Westerns I had not seen, and I was not disappointed when I finally got to view it. While it's a typical Western with some bad guys and good guys and people shooting it out, there are also a lot of light-hearted moments and some humor.Murphy shows up in town and is taken for a famous marshal and hired to be the sheriff. He is actually associated with some bad guys who plan to rob the bank but nobody knows this. The woman-friend of a member of his gang shows up in town and the pair end up pretending to be husband and wife to help cover some of the circumstances of their meeting.Matthau is the local judge and he is also sort of a foster-father to a young orphan boy named Jimmy. The judge eventually figures out who the new sheriff really is, and knows he is going to have to do something about him even though Jimmy has gotten attached to him. In an actually heart-felt scene, the judge tells Jimmy that someone who has grown up the way Murphy's character has, can never be any good and can never change. Jimmy has himself come from the same kind of circumstances. When the judge sees the look of hurt on his face, thinking that he also is destined to be bad, he says almost pleadingly "I didn't mean that. You know I didn't mean that." The boy who played the role of the orphan was really good - much better and more appealing in my opinion than many better-known child actors of that day or any other. His acting career consisted of only four roles however.At the end of the movie there is of course a surprise twist and I don't want to give it away, but I'll just say that I enjoyed it and I'll gladly watch it again. I've added it to my DVD collection.

drystyx This was a good Westrn, pretty much of a formula Western of Hollywood from 1950 to 1990, in which the hero begins as a bad guy. One wonders if a Western hero could ever have started out good to be a Hollywood hero. The answer is "no". Murphy plays an outlaw who assumes the identity of a lawman whom he sees fall off a cliff. He becomes a celebrity in a town where the law in a roguish judge played by Walter Mattheau. The movie is more of a showcase for him than anything, and he does brilliantly. People who know who Audie Murphy really is show up with ulterior motives, and Murphy finds himself in the middle. No doubt, most people will find the main character's part a bit formula, but likewise, most people will enjoy Mattheau very much. A lot of likable aspects to this story. Not packed with gunplay, but there are several guns going off. Enough action to keep 98% of the audience interested. Lots to like.

slickysu I would have to say, walter matthau in this early supporting performance was truly a stage presence to have in a film like this. This movie being one that shows the lines and decisions that a born tough guy must make to decide whats really whats truly dear to him. Sort of a shadow to Audie Murphy's character was the young boy, who grew up also in a saloon, but never stood a chance to grow up straight until a man, such as himself took a stand against injustice and only then, was the young boy cured of the sins he was born into...Excellent choice if you want to know what moral 50's Hollywood wanted to put out there.Ritchie Fontaine

Ted Watson (tbrittreid) For a modestly budgeted, unambitious horse opera, this is as good as it gets. Audie Murphy's Western vehicles of the 50s don't command the respect of Randolph Scott's or Joel McCrea's, but they are just as entertaining. A few of them ("No Name On The Bullet," "Posse From Hell") have an unusual edge that makes them noteworthy, but this one simply transcends its limitations to be a damned good entertainment. Walter Matthau steals every scene he's in as an alcoholic judge, while Murphy's subtly nervous performance as the would-be outlaw pretending he's a respected lawman may remind one of David Janssen as TV's "The Fugitive." Audie reportedly was uncomfortable with romantic scenes, but here he handles some innuendo-laden dialogue with Gia Scala quite nicely. Henry Silva and Mort Mills provide some surprisingly restrained (for this sort of thing) villainy. The premise (good-at-heart outlaw is reformed by wearing a badge) was old hat, but the execution is great! Set your expectations for a medium budgeted Western with no pretensions, and you won't be disappointed. You may even be pleasantly surprised.