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Lanky Gary Cooper-lookalike James Warren stars in this routine remake of the 1933 Randolph Scott Western, which benefits from fine production values and a good supporting cast that includes the always watchable Harry Woods as the villain, pretty Nan Leslie as the girl, and young Robert Clarke as her wayward brother. Clarke specialized in playing slightly degenerate youths in those early pre-sci-fi stardom years and was never less than interesting. On the debit side, John Laurenz replaces Richard Martin in the sidekick role of the Irish-Mexican Chito Bustamente Rafferty and although a fine supporting actor in his own right, he fails to make the character his own. A replacement for RKO's resident B-Western hero Tim Holt, who had been drafted in 1943, James Warren never really caught on with fans of the genre and would only make a total of three Westerns for the studio.