Slender story but pleasingly done. Young Terry (DeWilde) is an orphan employed by a cruel foreman (Wilke) on a small ranch. Rodeo champ Tibbs's borrowed car breaks down at the ranch one day where he meets Terry and the foreman. Sympathetic to the boy's situation, Tibbs accompanies the rodeo-ambitious lad to compete in his first rodeo, but without telling the youngster his well-known true name. The story goes on from there.
Frankly, I thought Tibbs the actor did a pretty good job, better than I would expect from a real-life rodeo roughneck. He and DeWilde make good low-key partners. Kind of sad to see the star-crossed DeWilde knowing how tragically his promising career would end. There're a couple bucking bronco scenes that may not appeal to everyone, but are pretty well blended in. All in all, it's a low-key entry without being anything memorable, unless you're old enough to recognize the name Casey Tibbs.