I have not seen "Cutter's Trail" since I was in about the third grade ('70-'71 school year). I can not logically rate it, but I will give it a high score because I enjoyed it so much back then. There is an episode of "Gunsmoke" that is very much like this movie. Also, just from what I remember, I'd say that the plot, like that episode of "Gunsmoke", bares a close resemblance to "The Magnifance Seven" and the finale to "Shane." This movie was all the talk for days in the classroom and on the playground when I was in the third grade. It seems like it was broadcast twice any way. Manuel Padilla, Jr. was a favorite of kids my age from his work on "Tarzan."