In this western a homesteader and his wife, traveling to California by covered wagon, encounter both an amoral crook and an ex-lawman hunting for the men who robbed a freight station and killed his wife. Letterboxed; DVD includes English subtitles, comme ntary by San Francisco State University professor Jim Kitses, " Budd Boetticher: An American Original " (2005, 50 minutes), featurettes, trailer. Directed by Boetticher; written by Burt Kennedy. Stars Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin. B atjac Productions, Inc. Closed captioned.