Hired killer Audie Murphy follows a pattern of goading his target into taking the first shot, allowing himself to get off Scott free. At a stop-off in a small town, the well known Murphy arouses the paranoia of several key citizens, with each man believing he may be the next to die.
The idea of a lurking gunman and his mystery target exposing the festering guilt and hypocrisy of a seemingly ordinary town is a good one and there's some really good scenes here.
However, it's undone a bit by some disappointingly ordinary writing and some problems with the film's pace (even at a short seventy-seven minutes). It should have been more hard-boiled and suspenseful than it ultimately turned out to be.
Still, it's not too bad. Audie Muphy is always fun to watch and the film's competently made.
Co-star R.G. Armstrong must be some kind of vampire, as he looks about the same at ninety plus years old, that he did when he was in his forties!
The idea of a lurking gunman and his mystery target exposing the festering guilt and hypocrisy of a seemingly ordinary town is a good one and there's some really good scenes here.
However, it's undone a bit by some disappointingly ordinary writing and some problems with the film's pace (even at a short seventy-seven minutes). It should have been more hard-boiled and suspenseful than it ultimately turned out to be.
Still, it's not too bad. Audie Muphy is always fun to watch and the film's competently made.
Co-star R.G. Armstrong must be some kind of vampire, as he looks about the same at ninety plus years old, that he did when he was in his forties!