Hollywood usually has to go over the top, with an unrealistic plot. This one fits well in it's setting. You get the sense of the poverty has been town, and the typical human responses. I Do not think this is Gregory Peck's worst movies, I would say a very good small town drama movie. The snarky deputy, the Slimy Federal agent, the slow pace town folk, a good drama overall, and I like the way it unfolded.