IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
With no law within 200 miles horse rancher Jeremy Rodak runs his spread with an iron hand and deals with rustlers even more ruthlessly.With no law within 200 miles horse rancher Jeremy Rodak runs his spread with an iron hand and deals with rustlers even more ruthlessly.With no law within 200 miles horse rancher Jeremy Rodak runs his spread with an iron hand and deals with rustlers even more ruthlessly.
John Halloran
- Cowboy
- (uncredited)
Charles Anthony Hughes
- 1st Buyer
- (uncredited)
Tom London
- Cowboy
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaExterior shots account for 90% of the film, which was marked by photographic realism.
- Quotes
Jeremy Rodock: One thing you gotta learn tho - horse is man's slave but treat 'em like a slave and you ain't a man.
- Crazy creditsAnd Introducing Irene Papas
- ConnectionsFeatured in Down on the Farm with James Cagney (1955)
- SoundtracksRough Wrangler
Written by Stan Jones
Featured review
Good Western
A story of a few people in a wide, big country.
Plenty of scenery emphasises the remoteness and isolation of Rodock's valley. 200 miles from anywhere else, Rodock is the law, there being no-one else to police his horse range. Cagney gives a fine portrayal of the stern stony-heart towards those who cross him or steal his horses, who fails to comprehend Steve and Jo, the ones who represent humanitarian conscience, kindness and mercy.
Because it's partly an emblematic morality tale, we get a few too many long significant looks and widescreen shots to make it look big, but there's a good strong plotline to hold it together. It's not a shoot 'em up, just some rustling wars between neighbouring farmers who hate each other's guts, and some jealousy over the woman, but it hangs together decently enough.
The characters aren't exactly complex, but the actors all turn in better than average performances.
It's a very well-made movie, fairly simple ingredients put together by a really good cook, if very slightly ponderously.
Plenty of scenery emphasises the remoteness and isolation of Rodock's valley. 200 miles from anywhere else, Rodock is the law, there being no-one else to police his horse range. Cagney gives a fine portrayal of the stern stony-heart towards those who cross him or steal his horses, who fails to comprehend Steve and Jo, the ones who represent humanitarian conscience, kindness and mercy.
Because it's partly an emblematic morality tale, we get a few too many long significant looks and widescreen shots to make it look big, but there's a good strong plotline to hold it together. It's not a shoot 'em up, just some rustling wars between neighbouring farmers who hate each other's guts, and some jealousy over the woman, but it hangs together decently enough.
The characters aren't exactly complex, but the actors all turn in better than average performances.
It's a very well-made movie, fairly simple ingredients put together by a really good cook, if very slightly ponderously.
helpful•244
- Penfold-13
- Aug 16, 1999
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $2,846,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content