Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Michael Morrison With lots of intricate subordinate plot in the overall probably familiar tale of a tough town tamer, this script by N.B. Stone, Jr., and Richard Wilson is very well served by an excellent cast, led by Robert Mitchum.Jan Sterling, a superlative actress not often enough given a character to show her talent, is second billed as a strong and tough woman who chaperones her female charges, who only dance and entertain, but who are seen by the blue-nosed women of the town as something worse.Karen Sharpe, who has never looked prettier, very girl-next-door-ish, plays the daughter of the town blacksmith who is also the town leader.The daughter is conflicted but her father, played beautifully by Emile Meyer, is not.One of the glories of this excellent motion picture is the number of other characters -- I hesitate to say "minor" because they all figure in the story -- whose lives and actions are pivotal.By one of those coincidences, I just finished a novel by Louis L'Amour with a very similar plot, except the town tamer in "The Empty Land" really doesn't want his role while Mitchum's Clint Tollinger does.This might be the best script for a movie I've ever watched about a town tamer. It has depth and darkness and a realism not often found in Westerns of the 1950s era. Excellent script and excellent cast make this a movie I recommend. And you can see it at YouTube. When I watched, it was interrupted by too many commercials, but that's a fairly low price to see it.

MartinHafer Robert Mitchum is excellent in this film...so much so you wish he'd made more westerns. However, it's not among his most famous films because of the poor writing. Apart from Mitchum's character, most of the rest of the folks in the movie simply make little sense.When the story begins, a town is being controlled by a guy intent on having his own way. He has a gang of gunmen and uses intimidation and a very weak sheriff to make the townsfolk tow the line. However, when a so-called 'town tamer' (Mitchum) comes to this crappy town, he offers to rid the town of lawlessness...provided they leave it entirely to him and don't question his methods. Surprisingly, this did NOT mean the guy running roughshod over the people's rights. Instead, he acted very deliberately to strategically rid the town of the menace.What annoyed me so much about the film were the other characters. The town fathers almost constantly questioned the town tamer's methods and almost immediately started trying to undermine him. Why? I have no idea. And, there's one guy in town who has guts...then why does he have to ALWAYS run around half-cocked and creating trouble for himself?! And, why is there a hooker with a heart of gold (a bad cliché, I know) who loves the town tamer yet inexplicably does everything she can to drive him away from her. None of it makes sense and it's a darn shame since Mitchum is great in this one.By the way, keep a close eye on the 'ladies of ill repute' in the film. One of them is Angie Dickenson in a pre-star role and you have to look carefully to see her.

huwdj This is an OK film. Yes, each cliché arrives on schedule, each caricature is present and correct, mostly with the recognisable face of a character actor you cannot quite name. Never mind, this is a western. Generally speaking most westerns conform to a formula that pretty much approximates a morality play. Whatever the ingredients good, in the form of a rugged individual, will overcome bad. The women may be innocent and young, world weary and embittered or careworn and wise (or desperate) but most, will love with the hero and one will ride off with him. Robert Mitchum, 'The Town Tamer', is as effective as always. Jan Sterling with the severely styled makeup and hairdo, over sized eyes and turned down mouth is oddly beautiful. Angie Dickinson is strikingly pretty in a small part. The fat baddie appears in child size buggy and duly meets his fate along with and his evil henchman. There are no surprises but it's a satisfying film for a lazy afternoon.

mhrabovsky1-1 There are westerns and there are westerns with many actors and then there is a Robert Mitchum western....in this film Mitchum plays a no nonsense, hard as nails character as a so called "town tamer"....he follows his estranged wife played coldly by Jan Sterling as she is the madame of a group of dance hall girls...Mitchum wants to make amends with his ex-wife Sterling but she is cold as ice toward him. Mitchum accepts the job as a combo sheriff and "town tamer" and then manages to shoot up the whole place and fight with anyone who gets in his way....he does not believe in taking any so called prisoners. Along the way Mitchum defends a local young man and his wife who are being terrorized by the local hoodlum who runs the town from his distant ranch. The town council soon gets very wary of Mitchum and wants to see him kicked out of the job...Mitchum in his normal, cold and calculating way tells the town to take a hike - that he wants to continue in his job. Check out a very young Angie Dickinson who plays a dance hall girl...must have been one of her first roles. In the end a good gun fighting scene with a set up dance hall girl and a town misfit played by Leo Gordon who along with the local kingpin rancher tries to wipe out Mitchum. Mitchum handles this role like a pro - cold and calculating, always looking over his shoulder for the next confrontation. One is never far away. A very young Karen Sharpe has a good role as a young housewife infatuated with Mitchum. In the end Mitchum is shot up and winds up in the arms of his estranged wife Sterling. Solid western, very enjoyable....Mitchum up to top standards as a hard charging sheriff. One of Mitchum's best B westerns.