The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for him, he and his deputies - a disgraced drunk and a cantankerous old cripple - must find a way to hold out against the rancher's hired guns until the marshal arrives. In the meantime, matters are complicated by the presence of a young gunslinger - and a mysterious beauty who just came in on the last stagecoach.
Genre: Western, Drama
Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan, Angie Dickinson
Producer: Dean Smith, Dimitri Tiomkin, B.H. McCampbell, Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett
IMDb Score: 7.9/10 by 594 users
Runtime: 141 minutes
Released: 3/17/1959