Utah Blaine is an unpretentious briskly paced B western.
Utah Blaine (Rory Calhoun) is a gunslinger who has had trouble down in Mexico. Now crossing Texas, he saves a man from a lynching.
He is veteran landowner Joe Neal, a gang of vigilantes want to string him up on behest of a rival called Russ Nevers. He wants to steal his land and share it with the vigilantes.
Russ has been doing the same to other big landowners as the vigilante claim to serve up justice in a corrupt state.
Joe offers Utah a half share in the ranch to be the foreman and file ownership papers in the bank.
Utah is joined by Angie Kinyon, the daughter of a another major landowner who has recently been killed. With the help of a few others, they all take on the vigilantes.
Boxing champion Max Baer plays a bruiser who aids Utah with his fists.
The story is routine, there is enough action and Nevers has a henchman who has a past with Utah.
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