If you were a rancher, water was precious in the wild west. Dick Powell explains the importance of water and how you go about looking for it in his opening introduction.
Beecher is a mean man, gone meaner since his wife passed away. He has water, lots of it. As he explains to his neighbours, he made sure there were reserves when it rained.
Beecher will not give access to his neighbours to his water. His word is final.
Clint Howard has a pregnant wife. Both he and his two neighbours are left looking at being ruined. They have pleaded with Beecher. Now they resolve to kill him rather than watch their cattle die.
Only Clint's wife is having nothing to do with murder. She is adamant that the rains will come and goes to stop her husband.
The story keeps things simplistic. Beecher had foresight and believes he is the right.
The others think Beecher is more than selfish, as the river in on his side of the land.
The ending is banal, it took a while for anyone to notice the rain!
Beecher is a mean man, gone meaner since his wife passed away. He has water, lots of it. As he explains to his neighbours, he made sure there were reserves when it rained.
Beecher will not give access to his neighbours to his water. His word is final.
Clint Howard has a pregnant wife. Both he and his two neighbours are left looking at being ruined. They have pleaded with Beecher. Now they resolve to kill him rather than watch their cattle die.
Only Clint's wife is having nothing to do with murder. She is adamant that the rains will come and goes to stop her husband.
The story keeps things simplistic. Beecher had foresight and believes he is the right.
The others think Beecher is more than selfish, as the river in on his side of the land.
The ending is banal, it took a while for anyone to notice the rain!