Lawman (1971)

A headstrong sheriff arrives at a town determined to arrest a rancher and his cowhands who in a drunken frenzy caused the accidental death of a man. Although the probability of conviction is small, and the rancher is willing to comply, his workers are not. The townsfolk side with the workers, due in part to the fact that the rancher is the town's prime economic driver.

Fine western, well directed. It deals with the transition from lawlessness to civilization, which, as seen here, was not made without pain and a little brutality. Few people seem to have understood this film, but that is understandable. The corrosion of educated people's brains by liberalism causes such comprehension impairments. And of course the film has nothing to do with liberalism, in fact it analyzes a previous stage of civilization where more basic social functions like law and order are at stake. But of course what moves the semi-intellectual type who calls himself a liberal is never anything as complex as a political or social theory, but rather feelings like 'compassion', 'humanity', etc. That is why liberals often inadvertently side with Big Money, which is probably what happened with many spectators of this film, and is happening all over the civilized world in present times.

Rating: 66