This is one of those real tough, no-nonsense westerns that Paramount Pictures was producing one after another back in the Fifties. Kirk Douglas is the star here; and he is in top form as a lawman determined to bring to justice his wife's killers. The problem is that one of the killers turns out to be the only son of his best friend (Anthony Quinn). The friendship of the two men comes to be tested especially since Quinn had once saved Douglas' life in an earlier time. Quinn begs, then demands that his son be let go by Douglas as a favor. But, this is asking too much because Douglas not only needs justice for himself but also because he is a principled lawman. It all leads to an inevitable, violent confrontation in the climactic finale. The story is told with economy and enough drama to keep you involved to the end.