Perhaps this picture is why westerns fell out of favor right about...........after this was released. Character development is minimal and cliched. Studios did period pieces poorly in the 60's and 70's-----costumes look like actors in the 1970's dressed up like 1870's people.........but wait! We are never told what year the action takes place: with no dialogue about civil war, no telegraph lines, no light bulbs or motorized ANYTHING.....we're stuck pretty much with a late 1860s period. Maybe viewers with a strong sense of Montana history can place it better. I'll place it in the circular file.