Good script but unfortunately too cheesy in the ending. It could have been far better with such an ambivalent character, played by the outlaw become sheriff, a scheme used many times in western history. But, I repeat, the ending is too much predictable, too run on the mill for family audiences. Nasty for me who expected another finale. But it is a pretty atmospheric western, with a wonderful cast: Wally Brennan, Ella Raines, Jeff Corey; only Vaughn Monroe is a midcast, compared tothose I mean, not in the absolute. It's a pretty good western, from republic Pictures, I have seen far worse, believe me.