I try to refrain from superlatives, so I won't join the chorus generally calling this one of the worst movies ever made. It's no "Unforgiven" to be sure, but there was an interesting plot centered on the murder of a man seeking the money he was fleeced out of by an enterprising gold digger who made it her profession to love 'em and leave 'em when she got what she wanted. There's a question over who pulled the trigger and an intricate web of alliances that provide a handful of twists, as each new revelation ensnares the players in their own set of dire circumstances. Marshal Moses White (Christopher Rowley) serves as the Charlie Chan of the murder investigation, peeling away the layers of culpability on the part of the various supporting players. I might be making this sound a lot more intriguing than it actually was, but if you have some patience, you could come away with a good story here, notwithstanding the inadequacy of the actors. A few clunky scenes distract as well, like Camille Tannery/Lucy Silver's (Amanda Miller) taking Doc Moss (David Gaylor) hostage, and the clumsy ambush of the Marshals by Harlan Pritz (Jason Podplesky) with Sheriff Raney (Darrell P. Miller) by his side, who wisely sought discretion every step of the way to avoid implication in his own shady dealings. If you give this one a chance with an open mind you might be surprised, even while it's current IMDb rating is probably a fair one.

This would have been a fairly good movie. If it would have ended with the solution of the murder mystery. But they had to add something else to end which was not necessary. Sometimes Directors and writers need to know when to end a movie.

I am going to go against the grain a bit with this one. The principal actors and the director have a resume' that shows that most of them are experienced actors. Since I don't know about any of the actors, it looks to me that most of them are from the community theater and local area and that is not meant as a criticism. Everyone has to start somewhere and a good size number of the participants are off to a pretty good start in the acting profession. The seid, it could have been better but at least the town is an authentic western town that is a tourist location. It looks like it could have been shot on a studio location like the old westerns of TV golden age but it did not have the look of a studio production. Also the lady who was director has an impressive resume'. A little more money in the right places could have made a noticeable improvement.

The writing was far better than I expected and this movie is chock full of red herrings like that murder mystery movies of the thirties and forties and a number of TV murder mystery productions. IOW it has a lot of twists and turns that I was not see coming until they happened. The greatest weak spot the fight scenes are not believable and the guns sound almost like cap pistols so I guess there is the area where they probably did not have the money to do better with. I hope the director and actors go on to great careers if they want to but these are no weekend and evening actors but are budding professionals. Good work everyone. This is a thoroughly enjoyable movie.