Silver City

Byron Haskin somehow received four Oscar nominations over the course of his career - why, beats me, because I have seen better directors never get one. That aside, he does a pretty poor job with a rather good cast, including Edmond O'Brien, Yvonne de Carlo, Richard Arlen, Edgar Buchanan, Barry Fitzgerald.

Apart from an Hamlet-like Ed O'Brien (he knows Arlen and his sidekicks have ruined his reputation, and spread bad references that keep him from becoming gainfully employed, but he seems to accept it all as inevitable, possibly because he loves Mrs Barber, who is seeing archenemy Arlen).

This gives you an idea as to how confusing and unbelievable the script is. It only gets worse: the fisticuffs are poorly done and the final shootout sequence is so ridiculous it must be one of the worst I have ever watched.

Beautiful Yvonne de Carlo is the saving grace, O'Brien always solid to watch. 6/10.