Every department goes all in on this. The writing is giddily awesome and Tourneur shines. Bancroft and Ray play off each other beautifully. The end doesn't have the same air of perfection as the beginning, but it does go out with a bang.
I've never seen a western that's so much a portrait of one guy before. In many ways it's my kind of movie, mostly consisting of a guy standing and sitting around an empty saloon, and a lot of credit goes to Peck for keeping it interesting. It's a modest movie but very well done.
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