a5c7b9f00b In 1897 Arizona, an ex-marshal is sent to the territorial prison where many of his enemies, among guards and inmates alike, are eager for a chance at payback. Ex-marshal Billy Reynolds, sent to state prison for killing two men in self defense, learns that killer Jessie Gorman, brother of the two men Billy shot, is in the same prison and vows revenge. Complicating matters further is the incarceration of Gorman&#39;s girlfriend Abby who helps Gorman plan an escape while at the same time is unsuccessful hiding her feelings for Reynolds. DALE ROBERTSON is a marshal unjustly prisoned in an Arizona jailhouse who hinders and then helps a prison break plan concocted by VIRGINIA MAYO. This has the look of a low-budget movie that was put together hastily with a second-rate script and designeda programmer to fill out a double bill.<br/><br/>VIRGINIA MAYO looks absolutely beautiful but her hairdress and costuming is strictly from the 1950s–and so is her overall demeanora tough gal who thinks she&#39;s in love with the brutish STEPHEN McNALLY.<br/><br/>Among the supporting cast, Whit Bissell, Arthur Hunnicutt, Robert Keith, Earl Holliman and Irving Bacon have all seen better days.<br/><br/>It affords only minimal entertainment with a standard prison break climax not too convincingly staged. Of the actors, only the handsome and stalwart DALE ROBERTSON looksthough he believes in his role, bringing strength and sincerity to his rolethe marshal.<br/><br/>You can afford to miss this one. 500 desperate men and only one woman …..as the trailer breathlessly tells us from the lusting voice over, panting away at that idea in this Howard Hughes tailored RKO prison scenario….the idea that there are 500 horny desperate convict loonies punching it out to be the..er…… rider up DEVIL&#39;S CANYON&#39; is just too obvious for me. Arthur Hunnicut who must have been the representative for the &#39;dirty ol man hillbilly&#39; section of this bumpkin intended audience jumped ship from THE FRENCH LINE to chew his face and mouth spittle led asides about anyone and everything in this possible combo of what would be PAPILLON and THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND. No wonder poor RKO was on the skids….and if all else fails, there is always VIRGINIA MAYO-NOSE to make word jokes about.
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