A woman hires two men from a gold mine to escort her across a desert. The men's co-worker recently had problems in town and left. All along the way, there are problems with the woman and then another man she knows shows up to join them.
This was listed as adic western, but is not. That doesn't mean it is not a good western, though. The plot of characters traveling to some distant point is one of my favorite premises because so much can happen between. The mysterious woman and her even more mysterious gunslinger made a great contrast to the classic rough cowboy and his seemingly infantile partner. This film was made around the same time, with mostly the same cast and crew as Ride in the Whirlwind, but this was a few thousand times better. Same cameras, so video looked good. Framing and composition was amazingly better, just look at this shot (image). I liked the vast expanses of desert for a setting. There was lots of dialogue which was written well and the acting was convincing. The only part I didn't like was the inconclusive ending. I rate this awesome. Watch it.
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