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film directed by Richard Carlson and starring

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and

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Plot

In 1881, a gang of four bandits have their eye on robbing the bank of Cholla, Arizona. Although several previous attempts by bank robbers have ended in the town cemetery, Cully, the leader, has a plan. On the run from their latest dud scheme they tangle with Simon Bhumer and his appealing daughter Lolly. Dutch, one of Cully's gang, recognises Simon as a former gunslinger. Now settled down he is protective father to his motherless daughter just returning from school in Kansas. Young, uninhibited and inexperienced around men Lolly regularly ends rolling around on the ground, tearing her clothing, and getting soaked with water, but she shoots well with a rifle. The gang move on to their friend and conspirator Greasy's La Tienda general store out in the sticks, and wait for him to turn up from scouting out the town. Later, Simon and Lolly catch up with them there after renegade Apache smoke signals are seen in the hills. In a change to the usual horseplay Lolly becomes a source of attraction for the gang members and indulged with gifts until her father steps in. Cully and Lolly hated each other at first meet, but now each senses something good in the other. Restless at night they experience an instinctive attraction during a desert rainstorm. The group separate, Simon and Lolly towards their farm at Shadow Valley a few miles from the Mexican border, the gang to the bank robbery. Lolly is overwhelmed by a great urge to return to Cully. Cully's plan is to ride on ahead into his (reveal) old hometown of Cholla, and have it out with his former friend and rival Jim Flannery, now the town sheriff. Flannery had kicked him out out of town some time before and now has married Maggie, Cully's old girlfriend, who'd hoped she'd seen the last of him. As all the townsfolk watch Cully and Jim beat the living daylights out of each other in a grudge match, the others rob the bank without incident or alarm. Heading for the Mexican border, the gang sees that the Apaches are on the warpath and that Greasy has been killed. At the last waterhole before the border Cully has to choose between being safe and rich in Mexico or rescuing Simon and Lolly from an Apache war party. The posse led by Jim Flannery is not far behind. After a lot of shooting, domesticity triumphs.

Cast

as Cully *

as Lolly Bhumer *

as Bronco *

as Simon Bhumer *

as Maggie Flannery *

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as Dutch * Charles Drake as Sheriff Jim Flannery *

Jay Silverheels Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western television s ...

as Yaqui *

Nestor Paiva Nestor Paiva (June 30, 1905 – September 9, 1966) was an American actor of Portuguese descent. He is most famous for his recurring role of Teo Gonzales the innkeeper in Walt Disney's Spanish Western series ''Zorro'' and its feature film ''The ...

as Greasy *

Mary Field Mary Field (born Olivia Rockefeller; June 10, 1909 – June 12, 1996) was an American film actress who primarily appeared in supporting roles. Early life She was born in New York City. As a child, she never knew her biological parents; ...

as Mrs. Pritchard *

Robert F. Hoy The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...

as Smitty (as Robert Hoy) * Bob Herron as Evans (as Robert Herron) * Regis Parton as Cashier (as Reg Parton) * Donald Kerr as Town Loafer

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* * * {{Louis L'Amour 1954 films Universal Pictures films 1954 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films based on short fiction Films set in the 1880s Films directed by Richard Carlson 1950s English-language films 1950s American films