This western was a pilot for a TV series and it didn't sell, so several minutes of extra footage was shot so it could at least go to theaters.
Walter Brennan stars as Preacher Hawker who, along with his three sons is being driven by his shrewish wife into a range war. She even goes so far as to hire local crook and bar owner Chan Bartholomew (Les Tremayne) into helping her.
In the meantime her daughter Hannah (Luana Patten) has fallen in love with a young man named Lee Barbee (Chris Robinson) whom her mother Sarah (Virginia Gregg) hates because he is not a man of importance.
When the range war finally starts Hawker loses his three sons in battle and is forever regretful. Sarah Hawker finally realizes her mistake and tries to make amends.
There is far less action than this little review suggests, but I did like the film mainly because of the cast. It works well, but I can see why this didn't sell, even in 1962.
I think some people are too harsh with this film. If you're a westerns fan you might like it. It only runs 64 minutes. The rest of the cast includes Leif Erickson, Constance Ford, Andy Brennen, Hal Needham and Don Kelly.
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