Five prisoners are pardoned right before they are to be hanged so they can join the Southern Army and go after a traitor and $30,000 in gold. As you guessed it these are five men you would never turn your back on let alone trust. They are all working on deals on how to keep the $30,000 for themselves with the assistance of another member of the gang. Led by John Lund as Govern Sturges the group also includes, baddie Hale Clinton played by Mike Connors, Paul Birch as J.C. Haggard and the sour Candy brothers John (no not the SCTV comedy legend, but played by screenwriter R. Wright Campbell) and future Roger Corman favourite Jonathan Haze as Billy. When they reach a homestead a hard-nosed country girl Shalee Jethro (Dorothy Malone) and her elbow bending Uncle Mike (James Stone) are in for a surprise.
This was Roger Corman's first film he ever directed and it is kind of interesting it is a western to me, because he is not known for that genre really. I thought it was good and really enjoyed how all the characters were quite different from each other. I would thank Campbell's script for that and he went on to write a few more films for Corman including the great MACHINE-GUN KELLY. Not sure if I really just wanted to watch a western that night or not, but I recommend this one to anyone who likes 50s westerns.
This was Roger Corman's first film he ever directed and it is kind of interesting it is a western to me, because he is not known for that genre really. I thought it was good and really enjoyed how all the characters were quite different from each other. I would thank Campbell's script for that and he went on to write a few more films for Corman including the great MACHINE-GUN KELLY. Not sure if I really just wanted to watch a western that night or not, but I recommend this one to anyone who likes 50s westerns.