Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301395014
Format: Color
ISBN: 6301395018
Label: United American Video
Manufacturer: United American Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: United American Video
Release Date: 1989-06-14
Running Time: 75
Studio: United American Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1949-04

Customer Rating:
Summary: Possibly The Best Film Of Phil Karlson's Outdoor Adventure Period.
Comment: Operating with a limited in number but generally talented group of eight actors, director Phil Karlson, soon to be known for his essays into noir, here creates an engrossing adventure film set in 1933 depression and drought wracked southern Utah, and incorporates many of the elements which later will prove vital to his deserved reputation as an important narrator of urban crime. Residents of a small secluded valley are being tormented by a large mountain lion which, due to a shortage of water, has invaded their region to prey upon livestock, and the bounty for the beast of $150 is coveted by two long-feuding neighbours, one of whom, Tom Eggers (Preston Foster) provides a place to live for a city-bred young man (Lon McCallister), the son of the former love of his host and also the nephew of Eggers' rival, Gil Hawks (Forrest Tucker). The well-crafted scenario includes elements of romance, suspense and humour to the basic plot, and a certain darkness of tone has raised the work above most others of its stamp, with crisp editing (Karlson and Harvey Manger) prevailing, and we enjoy particularly fine performances from Foster and McCallister, with a pleasingly large role for veteran character actor Irving Bacon, a standout as a farmer doubling as a preacher.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: GREAT LITTLE FILM
Comment: This film rates 5 stars from me because of its star...Lon McCallister....an underrated youth from many 1940's motion pictures.

This film holds your attention because of McCallister's performance.

It is in color and the story is effective and moves swiftly. It is action packed as well.

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