This film begins with a man being shot at and then falling out of a two-story building onto the street below. He is subsequently chased by several armed cowboys but manages to catch a passing train and escape into one of the box cars. As luck would have it, there happens to be another man by the name of "J. P. Rimes" (Stephen Boyd) also in the box car who quickly realizes that the wounded man has developed a case of amnesia and because of that Rimes essentially takes him under his wing for the time being. To that effect, even though he has assumed a certain name during this particular time, Rimes begins to suspect that this person is none other than an extremely notorious gunman by the name of "Ruble Noon" (Richard Crenna) and if that's the case then a lot of people are going to die before he is finished with whatever job he was hired to perform. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a rather odd Western which tries to combine both mystery and action together-with only a certain amount of success as the plot seemed a bit convoluted at times. Not only that, but the acting on the part of Stephen Boyd was exactly that convincing either. Be that as it may, while this wasn't a great film by any means, I suppose it managed to pass the time fairly well and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
Review of The Man Called Noon
