Woolly depiction of a big early spring roundup, with its frosty nip in the air and warm communal spirit, makes some lumpy plotting and flawed acting easy to forgive. Pop star Fabian is likable but lightweight as a sensitive youth trying to reconcile his own ideas about manhood with his father's expectations, and familiar film noir tough guy Charles McGraw overdraws his aggression as the combative parent. McClure is on the mark with his responses though; painful regret over the outcome of one shooting and acute apprehension over the prospects for another. Royal Dano, one of the most skilled actors to regularly turn up during the golden age of TV westerns, plays a sage old hand who joins Fabian and McClure on a perilous bear hunt.
Review of Say Goodbye to All That
