After the American Civil War, a Confederate officer returns to his native Texas. He meets a woman on his way and marries her. She hides from him her past as a dance-hall girl. He is a cattle rancher. Cattle thieves and new tax laws are making it hard for him to keep his ranch. His brother, with whom he does not get along, has also returned.
The premise has some implausible points, most evident among them the marriage itself. The story has many points in common with other films of that period. One of them, The Naked Jungle, had the same male leading actor. Elephant Walk is another film with some plot similarities. The postwar context is an interesting one, and they make good use of it. Overall, a mildly interesting and mildly entertaining film which does not stray from Western conventions and stereotypes.
Rating: 39
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