John Ireland stars as Jefferson Waring, an ex-confederate soldier who does not wear a gun after the war.
Making his way across country to California he witnesses a squatter family being killed by two men named Cree (Jack Elam) and Sam Tobin (Lawrence Tierney). They chase after Jeff, but he loses them as well as his horse.
Jeff is very brooding about what the war has done to the country as he enters a small town and gets a job with a local newspaper. He meets the owners daughter Cathy (Dorothy Malone) and they become good friends.
Jeff soon finds himself in the middle of a range war between squatters and a cattle baron played by Lon Chaney, Jr., whose character of Artemus Taylor is determined not to let anyone on his land because he knows the railroad is going to buy all the land and he wants it all.
This is a much better than average western with fine performances from everyone involved. The film moves along very quickly and it should please any fan of westerns.
The rest of the cast includes Myrna Dell, Frank Marlowe, William Holmes and Wayne Morris is a very good role as the corrupt sheriff that is not really what he appears to be.
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