Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
Robert Ryan
as Blaise Starrett
Burl Ives
as Jack Bruhn
Tina Louise
as Helen Crane
Alan Marshal
as Hal Crane
Venetia Stevenson
as Ernine, Vic's Daughter
David Nelson
as Gene, Bruhn's Gang
Nehemiah Persoff
as Dan, Starret's Foreman
Jack Lambert
as Tex, Bruhn's gang
Frank De Kova
as Denver, Bruhn's Gang
Lance Fuller
as Pace, Bruhn's Gang
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
Dabbs Greer
as Doc Langer, Veterinarian