Vigilante Terror

Things have gotten so bad that the citizens of Pinetop have formed a vigilante committee to maintain order, but the Brewer gang continues to operate. Tack Hamlin (Wild Bill Elliott) comes to town and is soon recruited for sheriff, and he gets right to work, trying to stop both the bandits and the masked vigilantes. Turns out that Brett (Myron Healey), who owns the saloon, leads both the outlaws and the vigilantes, and is planting false evidence on others to divert suspicion from himself.

Routine yet diverting enough Will Bill Elliott western that is a mix of the 1940's style shoot em up with the frantic plot, galloping horses and gun aplenty and the adult element what with the stark camera work and lack of comic sidekicks. Plus you got Elliott acting more grim and determined with nary of a smile. All in all, a serviceable western with a good performance by Myron Healey as the heavy, the kind of role he has done countless times.