Superb photography in Technicolor which is sublimated by the Blu Ray. A film to see if only for the photography, its colors, its resolution. The Blu Ray allows to perceive the mark on Joel McCrea's horse or the stains on his shirt. But this is not necessarily important to appreciate the film.
Because the film benefits from an exciting scenario that mixes the adventures of three friends, whose paths will diverge for reasons of choice: one joins the army (Douglas Kennedy), one becomes a gun smuggler for the money (Zachary Scott), the third makes less radical choices and hesitates (Joel McCray).
The story brings them together with two female characters: Dorothy Malone, in a small role, but important in the evolution of two of the three characters; Alexis Smith, who absorbs the shots where she appears, as a businesswoman, bar singer, secretly in love with one of the three. Her songs come across well!
The film also benefits from two villains, vile and perfidious: Victory Jory and Bob Steele.
On a short duration, without dead time, without useless dramatic fat, the film embraces its story with alacrity and richness, and also beauty thanks to the Technicolor.
Because the film benefits from an exciting scenario that mixes the adventures of three friends, whose paths will diverge for reasons of choice: one joins the army (Douglas Kennedy), one becomes a gun smuggler for the money (Zachary Scott), the third makes less radical choices and hesitates (Joel McCray).
The story brings them together with two female characters: Dorothy Malone, in a small role, but important in the evolution of two of the three characters; Alexis Smith, who absorbs the shots where she appears, as a businesswoman, bar singer, secretly in love with one of the three. Her songs come across well!
The film also benefits from two villains, vile and perfidious: Victory Jory and Bob Steele.
On a short duration, without dead time, without useless dramatic fat, the film embraces its story with alacrity and richness, and also beauty thanks to the Technicolor.