The Rawhide Kid

Jim Hardie rides upon the Hampton place and finds a man shot in the head, his daughter also shot in the head. The man was holding a wanted poster that is 20 years old for the Rawhide Kid who was really Harlow Shelby. Shelby was sent to prison for 20 years but was recently released.

Hearing a noise Hardie finds a young man passed out after crawling. He was only grazed in the head and soon recovers, and follows Hardie finds on the trail with the intention to get even with the killer - someone takes a shot at the two of them. They then travel to a town where they find the horse Hardie is looking for, it has a bar horseshoe on the left rear hoof. The girl, Norah Fuller, running the stable says the horse belongs to the doctor across the street.

They find the doctor dead shot in the head. Norah's father, Sheriff Fuller, denies knowing about the Rawhide Kid but Hardie soon learns the killer hasn't left town. And he's after the hidden loot ...

A grisly murder (gory for 1959!), a twenty year old case, hidden loot, and a mystery that has Hardie searching for answers. Troy Donahue, teen heartthrob, joins him in the quest to find the killer and it turns out to be someone we saw once. I like mystery/killer in the loose elements in a western, and it's quite enjoyable, however we needed more suspects; maybe a longer running time would've been needed.