This is my first Audie Murphy western in quite some time. Looking back now It's hard to imagine how anyone took this very slender and short man as a cowboy hard ass despite him being one in real life during WWII. That aside he's pretty damn entertaining in this US-Spain co-production where he plays a former lawman and gunfighter who comes back across the border from Mexico to avenge his brother's death and settle some debts along the way.
What sort of hurts it a bit is the plot sort of just meanders along, it takes Murphy a while to even cross the border and when he does, he just hangs out in town and woes the local beauty while right in front of his brother's killers. The gunfights and fist fights are energetic, and Broderick Crawford is a nice bad guy and has some good dialogue. There's a hint of a solid soundtrack but it doesn't quite get there.
What sort of hurts it a bit is the plot sort of just meanders along, it takes Murphy a while to even cross the border and when he does, he just hangs out in town and woes the local beauty while right in front of his brother's killers. The gunfights and fist fights are energetic, and Broderick Crawford is a nice bad guy and has some good dialogue. There's a hint of a solid soundtrack but it doesn't quite get there.