Western, USA, 1949, 85 min.



As soon as gifted Indiana horseman Sam Bass arrives in Denton, Texas, having wrangled a temporary job as a stagecoach guard, he encounters unfriendly Sheriff Will Egan, who suspects Sam is a gambler. The infamous Calamity Jane and a group of rowdy cowboys then barrel into town, guns blazing in celebration of the upcoming cattle drive. Sam impresses Jane with his ability to calm her horse Thunderbolt, and she later watches him flirt with Will's sister Katherine, the general store proprietor. After the illiterate Sam asks Kathy to read a letter from his sister, she realizes that he is broke and wheedles Will into employing him on their ranch. To kick off the cattle drive, Denton plans a big race, in which riders from miles around will compete against the Denton Mare, the fastest horse in the West. On the day of the race, Jane and Sam see the Mare whinnying in pain as she is being shod. Sam asks Will for fifty dollars to buy a horse, and after Will reluctantly gives him the money, Sam bets on Thunderbolt to win. When the Mare falls lame in the final heat, Sam is able to buy her from her owner with the money he has just won. That night, he explains to Jane that he saw the horse was not lame, but just had been shod incorrectly. Jane kisses Sam, even though she says she knows that he loves Kathy. When Will, who detests gamblers, deduces that Sam wagered the money he borrowed, he orders him to leave that night. Before going, Sam professes his love to Kathy, then joins Joel Collins and some ranchers on the cattle drive. They quickly reach Abilene, where Harry Dean and his partner, J. Wells, are running a fixed horse race. The group gamble all their money on Sam's horse, but after Jane accidentally tips off Dean about the horse's identity, Dean and Wells poison the Mare. Upon discovering they have been tricked, the once non-violent Sam kills Wells. The men and Jane are forced to flee into the hills, where they hatch a plan to rob the stagecoach on which Dean is transporting his stolen winnings. As soon as they take the money, however, they are branded as criminals. After Sam sneaks into Denton to explain himself to Kathy, she encourages him to give himself up, along with Joel and the ranchers. In the jailhouse, Will reveals they will be tried in Abilene, and they realize they cannot get a fair trial there. Jane frees them, and Sam, sure that Kathy has tricked them, takes Jane in his arms. Their outlaw status soon forces the band to rob again. After a spy sent by Will tips the sheriff off about the next robbery, a shootout ensues and everyone in the group except Sam, Joel and Jane is killed. Will's posse then chases the survivors into the hills. After a long standoff, Joel is killed and Will shoots Sam. Will returns to town and greets Kathy, just as Jane appears, leading Thunderbolt with a dying Sam slumped in his saddle. Sam passes into semi-consciousness, recounting the dream he shared with Kathy about owning their own ranch. Although he is delirious, Kathy realizes he is talking about her when he says he has loved her all along, moments before he dies in Jane's arms.
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