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Sadly Over-hyped

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Same old story coupled with confusing characters - one with the highly unlikely name of Blue Chip. Sodbusters versus Cattlemen but not very convincing. Script seems to be written by 7 graders and acting, except for Forest Kelly, is wooden. I watched this movie because it was filmed in Old Tucson (movie set) and surrounding area which is where I grew up about this same time. Photography is representative and good. Nothing else is.

This a tough, no frills, violent western with more shootouts than usual. It tells the story of two brothers, John( Forrest Tucker) who is obsessed in keeping the law and Chip (Mark Stevens) who is more human but also on the wrong side...Stevens is in love with Lou (Gale Robbins) who sings at the saloon and their love scenes are very passionate. There is a great shootout where John is alone against a bunch of marauders but is able to defend himself thanks to a Winchester (who knows a 73?). Mark Stevens' performance is too heavy, pessimistic lacking the "full of life" character shown by Paul Engle the actor who portrays him as a child. The big boss is Ben Bodeen (Vaughn Taylor) who ended up with Chissum's fortune and is set upon driving the farmers away from the land. Jown Ward is Slick Kirby, the ideal good friend. This film is surprisingly ignored, considering how good it is.

I saw this western many years ago having already read the book "Tucson!" on which it was based. It stuck pretty close to the book's story of two brothers finding themselves on opposites sides of the law. In truth, Mark Edwards was probably a little too old to play the younger brother but the performances were good throughout. For me and my friend who saw it separately the film was dominated by the character Slick Kirby, played by John Ward. He seemed at the time the coolest person in the film, the younger brother's best friend,one of the fastest guns in the West and the archetypal laconic gunfighter. Ward doesn't appear to have made any other westerns which is surprising, neither did he play many starring roles. Also surprisingly, this appears never to be shown on TV, nor is it out on video or DVD, yet I remember it as an enjoyable oater. The shoot-out at the end was particularly well done.

Very familiar western plot, but well worth watching. Two young brothers witness the hanging of their father and are forced to grow up on their own. One becomes a sheriff and of course the other an outlaw. Good enough to keep your interest.Cast includes Forrest Tucker, Mark Stevens, Gale Robbins and Bill Henry.