An Audie Murphy Western from 1954. A man & his son are shot down trying to prevent some cattle rustlers from stealing their herd. Murphy hears of the news & comes to town to get the culprits who murdered his kin even exhorting the sheriff to make him a deputy to give him some official authority to his vengeance but what he doesn't know is said peacemaker & a local banker were behind the whole thing. Murphy gets a lead to go to the town of Diablo, a notoriously evil burg, to nab a likely suspect named Whitey Kincaid, played by Dan Duryea who steals every scene he's in, who may shed light on the true reveal of the evildoers. Every time a new suspect or clue is presented to the novice deputy, he performs above & beyond his task garnering the respect of Duryea much to the consternation to everyone else out to foil his forward momentum. One of the better Murphy Westerns amiably supported by a fine rogue's gallery of western usuals like Jack Elam & Denver Pyle (Uncle Jessie from The Dukes of Hazzard) w/a fine turn by none other than Russell Johnson (the professor from Gilligan's Island) as a drunk being used by the evil powers that be.
Review of Ride Clear of Diablo
