"Yuma" is a TV western intended I believe, as a pilot for a proposed series. Unfortunately, It didn't make it as the popularity of TV westerns was going down. It is a pretty good western in any case.
Marshal Dave Harmon (Clint Walker) arrives in Yuma, Arizona to "clean up the town". He encounters two wild drunken cowboys who recklessly speed into town on a "borrowed" stage coach. Harmon follows them into the saloon and learns that they are Rol (Bing "Neil" Russell) and Sam King (John Glover) brothers of tough trail boss Arch King (Morgan Woodward) who is on the outskirts of town with a large herd of cattle.
Sam, a hothead, draws on Harmon who is forced to kill him in self-defence. Rol surrenders peacefully and is jailed. Local big shot freighter Nels Decker (Barry Sullivan) warns Harmon that Arch King will surely come gunning for him.
Harmon meets local freighter Mules McNeil (Edgar Buchanan) who has been holding the jail keys since the departure of the previous marshal. Harmon befriends a young Mexican boy Andres (Miguel Alejandro) and gives him a job sweeping up the jail house. He then registers at the local hotel run by Julie Williams (Katherine Hays) and an immediate attraction takes place.
Later that evening two men, Sanders (Robert Phillips) and Army Captain White (John Kerr) feign breaking Rol out of jail. However when Rol crosses the street he is back shot by Sanders with Harmon's shotgun. Capt. White protests stating that he was duped into taking part in the killing. Andres who was asleep on the floor of the jail tells Harmon that one of the men wore bright shiny boots the sign of an Army man. Harmon visits the local fort commander Major Lucas (Peter Mark Richman) for information on White.
Decker it seems, has been cheating the local treaty Indians out of their rightful supply of cattle and other things for his own profit. Harmon vows to right this wrong. Meanwhile, Arch King arrives in town and believes Harmon is guilty of killing his brothers. He listens to Harmon's explanation and gives Harmon one day to come up with the killer or he will assume Harmon to be guilty.
Harmon puts two and two together and comes up with Decker and Sanders as the guilty parties. They leave town with Harmon in hot pursuit. But, are they the only guilty ones? It seems that there was a joker in the deck and...........................................................................................
Clint Walker is best known for his long running TV series "Cheyenne" He was a big man standing at 6' 8" so his parts were limited mostly to westerns although he did a fine job as one of the "Dirty Dozen" (1967). Barry Sullivan was on the downside of his career and plays the wily villain here. Edgar Buchanan had been around for years and was a dependable character actor. Bing Russell, father of Kurt, is billed as "Neil" Russell for this film.
Marshal Dave Harmon (Clint Walker) arrives in Yuma, Arizona to "clean up the town". He encounters two wild drunken cowboys who recklessly speed into town on a "borrowed" stage coach. Harmon follows them into the saloon and learns that they are Rol (Bing "Neil" Russell) and Sam King (John Glover) brothers of tough trail boss Arch King (Morgan Woodward) who is on the outskirts of town with a large herd of cattle.
Sam, a hothead, draws on Harmon who is forced to kill him in self-defence. Rol surrenders peacefully and is jailed. Local big shot freighter Nels Decker (Barry Sullivan) warns Harmon that Arch King will surely come gunning for him.
Harmon meets local freighter Mules McNeil (Edgar Buchanan) who has been holding the jail keys since the departure of the previous marshal. Harmon befriends a young Mexican boy Andres (Miguel Alejandro) and gives him a job sweeping up the jail house. He then registers at the local hotel run by Julie Williams (Katherine Hays) and an immediate attraction takes place.
Later that evening two men, Sanders (Robert Phillips) and Army Captain White (John Kerr) feign breaking Rol out of jail. However when Rol crosses the street he is back shot by Sanders with Harmon's shotgun. Capt. White protests stating that he was duped into taking part in the killing. Andres who was asleep on the floor of the jail tells Harmon that one of the men wore bright shiny boots the sign of an Army man. Harmon visits the local fort commander Major Lucas (Peter Mark Richman) for information on White.
Decker it seems, has been cheating the local treaty Indians out of their rightful supply of cattle and other things for his own profit. Harmon vows to right this wrong. Meanwhile, Arch King arrives in town and believes Harmon is guilty of killing his brothers. He listens to Harmon's explanation and gives Harmon one day to come up with the killer or he will assume Harmon to be guilty.
Harmon puts two and two together and comes up with Decker and Sanders as the guilty parties. They leave town with Harmon in hot pursuit. But, are they the only guilty ones? It seems that there was a joker in the deck and...........................................................................................
Clint Walker is best known for his long running TV series "Cheyenne" He was a big man standing at 6' 8" so his parts were limited mostly to westerns although he did a fine job as one of the "Dirty Dozen" (1967). Barry Sullivan was on the downside of his career and plays the wily villain here. Edgar Buchanan had been around for years and was a dependable character actor. Bing Russell, father of Kurt, is billed as "Neil" Russell for this film.