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There was one law in El Paso ... you learned to kill quick ... if you wanted to live long!
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on a legal document. Once there he finds the judge has become a drunk and a laughing stock, doing the bidding of local magnate Bert Donner and his running dog, Sheriff La Farge. Just as Clay starts straightening out the town's problems, events occur which force him to abandon the legal system and instead adopt the murderous tactics of a vigilante.Read moreLess
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on a legal document. Once there he finds the judge has become a drunk and a laughing stock, doing the bidding of local magnate Bert Donner and his running dog, Sheriff La Farge. Just as Clay starts straightening out the town's problems, events occur which force him to abandon the legal system and instead adopt the murderous tactics of a vigilante.
The story
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on a legal document. Once there he finds the judge has become a drunk and a laughing stock, doing the bidding of local magnate Bert Donner and his running dog, Sheriff La Farge. Just as Clay starts straightening out the town's problems, events occur which force him to abandon the legal system and instead adopt the murderous tactics of a vigilante.
Cast & crew
John PayneClay Fletcher
Gail RussellSusan Jeffers
Sterling HaydenBert Donner
George 'Gabby' HayesPesky Tees
Dick ForanSheriff La Farge
Eduardo NoriegaDon Nacho Vázquez
Henry HullHenry Jeffers
Mary Beth HughesStagecoach Nellie
H.B. WarnerJudge Fletcher
Robert EllisJack Elkins
Catherine CraigMrs. Elkins
Arthur SpaceJohn ElkinsExplore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Darrell Calker
- Producer
- William C. Thomas
- Producer
- William H. Pine
- Director of Photography
- Ellis W. Carter
- Editor
- Howard A. Smith
- Director
- Lewis R. Foster
- Screenplay
- Lewis R. Foster