
A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.
Cast

Joel McCrea
Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne

Miroslava
Amy Lee Bannerman

Kevin McCarthy
Tom Bannerman

John McIntire
Josiah Bannerman

John Carradine
Col. Buck Streeter

Nancy Gates
Caroline Webb

Emile Meyer
Sheriff Nat Bell

Robert Cornthwaite
Arnold Hammer

Jaclynne Greene
Paula Morrison (as Jacklyn Green)

Walter Baldwin
Vince Webb

Emmett Lynn
Barfly

Roy Roberts
Sam Kettering

George Keymas
Bannerman's Henchman
Crew

Jacques Tourneur
Director
Don Martin
Screenplay
Herb Meadow
Screenplay
William B. Murphy
Editor
Ray Rennahan
Director of Photography
Robert Goldstein
Producer
Jack Byron
Makeup Artist
Willon Fields
Makeup Artist
Frank McWhorter
Sound Designer
Paul Dunlap
Original Music Composer
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Decoration

Louis L'Amour
Original Story
Albert Hogsett
Art Direction
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