Not Joel McCrea, who is here as he was for almost his entire career, except the awesome FORT MASSACRE, in which he gave his best performance ever, even better than in RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY. So, if you seek something unusual, far from cliches, focus instead on Mark Stevens character, the villain, but excellent two faces character: one face the ruthless outlaw, and the second face, the good law abiding citizen. Yes, definitely yes, Stevens is as good here as he was in the terrific JACK SLADE, a very ambivalent, ambiguous character, a piano player and a cold blooded killer in the same time; He is here the Nemesis of McCrea and I love this. Some lines in Stevens character remind me Robert Mitchum's role in FIVE CARDS STUD, some scenes too: good citizen who is some kind of Dr Jekyll...See what I mean?
Review of Gunsight Ridge
