George Montgomery has a shot taken at him while he's heading to Sundown. He has no idea why. He's on his way to visit his Civil War buddy, House Peters Jr., with not a care in the world, so everyone figures he's someone else, and that's why they're after him: everyone has a different reason, including saloon singer Randy Stuart (who takes quite a hankering to him) and freight operator Frank Wilcox, who's not looking forward to the railroad coming and detroying his business. Montgomery goes about his affairs with his open, friendly manner and shoots people only when necessary, usually when they're trying to shoot him.
It's a pretty good Allied Artist western, with beautiful camerawork by Harry Neumann, and a lot of subtext in the script about how honesty is the best policy. Montgomery, as always, is very good. He was so good in westerns that he was pretty much stuck in them. So long as they are as good as this one, I think that's a good thing.
It's a pretty good Allied Artist western, with beautiful camerawork by Harry Neumann, and a lot of subtext in the script about how honesty is the best policy. Montgomery, as always, is very good. He was so good in westerns that he was pretty much stuck in them. So long as they are as good as this one, I think that's a good thing.