John Payne stars as Tennessee, a gambler with a shady past who always seems to get into trouble. One night after winning a huge amount of money an angry gambler attempts to kill Tennessee.
JUst before this can be done a man with no name played by Ronald Reagan shoits and kills the man. Both he and Tennessee are arrested by the Sheriff played by Leo Gordon.
The two men become friends and Tennessee calls the man Cowpoke, but still doesn't know his real name. Cowpoke is in town to meet his new bride to be named Goldie Slater (Coleen Gray). Tennessee knws Goldie for the gold digger she is and after much goes on he makes her leave and go back to San Francisco.
This infuriates Cowpoke who vows to kill Tennessee. While all this is going on a miner called Grubsteak (Chubby Johnson) hits it big in a gold strike and Tennessee takes him home after a drunken night. The next morning Grubsteak is found murdered and his map to the mine is gone.
The town is in an uproar as Tennessee is accused of murder and the sheriff forms a posse. It gets even more involved before all is settled, but it makes for a hell of a great film.
The colors are beautiful and so are the women. The rest of the cast includes gorgeous Rhonda Fleming, Morris Ankrum, Myron Healey, Anthony Caruso and Angie Dickinson.
I think all western fans should check this out. It's one for the ages.
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