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Joel McCrea is just reassuring. He delivers a strong performance and you feel secure in his hands as you watch the movie. He's just reliable as the actor and the character - very consistent.

It does a good job showing the vigilante system during a rough period. There was much justice to be achieved, and much corruption. Killing was frequent.

It would be good to see a little more character development between McCrea and De Carlo, the romantic leads. I would have liked to have known more backstory about him and his past, as well as her's. How did she get so mixed up with someone like Cain, trying to take over the whole state.?

While I did believe her's and McCrea's connection, is she to be trusted for the longterm? Will she just change? How will she adjust to life at the mines, returning with McCrea to his work? She's had a very exciting life with the villain Cain, in beautiful homes, political campaigns, and surrounded by tons of ambition she admitted she liked. Will McCrea's character have enough ambition and drive for her? While it's great to see them together at the end, would Rick go back to just "having fun" and she go back to a more ambitious life? That would seem the case, but we should hope and believe that they found true love. And then therefore they changed.

There are some superb scenes..... an escape from being Shanghaied through water, boats and taverns; understanding how Vigilantes worked; and amazement at the sense of lawlessness and Killings that can occur in the wild west of the 1880s.

A compelling well thought story, clear, committed characters, twists and turns, strong resolution at the end. It also has a lot of great comedic events!

A very good movie, easy to watch, and very enjoyable.