Gli sciacalli

When a small plane crashes on the mountain, it's a good thing that Rory Calhoun lives nearby and his old army buddy Ray Danton is visiting; they were both members of a unit that scaled mountains. When they get up to the plane, there are a few survivors. Although the best thing for them to do is stay there and wait for rescue, Thomas Gomez has other ideas. He has a quarter million dollars he has stolen from the bank where he worked. He offers to pay Calhoun and Danton to get him out of there. Calhoun isn't interested, but when Gomez ups it to a full partnership, Danton takes him up on it.

It's a well cast movie, with Julie London present for the men to fight over -- wouldn't you? -- and Frank Faylen along as a survivor; he has very little to do so his presence is a puzzle. Was his behavor so poor they trimmed his part to nothing? Was the movie running long, so they cut it to the essentials?

In any case, it's a decent programmer, although I was interested in a most vexing question or two: Danton's pompadour never flattens despite being in stormy, mountainous terrain, rappelling down cliffs and such for a couple of days; likewise, Miss London always looks fabulous and smudge-free? Did they think no one would notice?