starring
Robert Mitchum , Teresa Wright
The prairie lands of New Mexico at the turn of the century: Medora Callum raises orphan Jeb Rand as her own. But because of a childhood trauma, Jeb is unable to return her affection. When lonely Jeb falls in love with Medora's daughter, he sparks off a disastrous chain of destruction and revenge, in this chilling Western.
Screenplay by NIVEN BUSCH
Produced by MILTON SPERLING Directed by RAOUL WALSH