Jim Hayward

"Wild" Bill Elliott is a cowboy who goes in search of the man who killed his brother, and finds himself in the small town of Bitter Creek.

Echoes of "Gone With The Wind" are heard in this lavish all-star production, particularly in the performance of Clark Gable and the lush melodies of Max Steiner (who wrote the score for GWTW). Noted director Raoul Walsh ("White Heat," "High Sierra") captures the epic sweep of the novel by Robert Penn Warren ("All the King's Men") and tells a dramatic tale of the Civil War South, as love and war collide. Sidney Poiter stars as an educated slave.

In this fast-paced Western, former gunslinger Bart Jones (Scott Brady) finds himself in the middle of a range war when he's called on to protect a group of small-time ranchers against cattle baron Maj. Bonnard (Roy Engel) and his hired muscle. But complications develop when Jones falls for widow Tay Rorick (Mala Powers) -- whose husband Jones killed in a gunfight. Bill Williams co-stars as the well-meaning sheriff.

Noted director Raoul Walsh captures the epic sweep of the novel by Robert Penn Warren and tells a dramatic tale of the Civil War South, as love and war collide.