Jeff Chandler stars as Clint Drango, a former member of Sherman's army who carried out orders to burn everything in Georgia that he across.
After the war he returns to a small town that suffered under that destruction and tries to help the people rebuild. The people are very resentful as the film opens with the hanging of a man named Henry Calder (Morris Ankrum).
Drango knows he has his work cut out for him to get the people to work together. Nobody wants to cooperate thanks to the constant propaganda spewed by one Clay Allen (Ronald Howard).
Things spiral out of control until a child is killed in a fire set by Allen's men. The beautiful black and white photography by James Wong Howe is really helps this movie and it looks fantastic.
If you like westerns I would recommend this tense film. The direction is very good and the cast is top notch. It includes gorgeous Julie London, Joanne Dru, Donald Crisp, John Lupton, Walter Sande, Milburn Stone, Parley Baer, Barney Phillips, Charles Horvath and Chubby Johnson.
This is what I call a lost, but available film that should really be seen more. Hopefully with it streaming on TUBI it'll get more exposure.
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