Search - The Budd Boetticher Box Set [Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 2008 DVD Release: 11/04/2008 Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 5 Number of Discs: 5 Run Time: 6 hrs 20 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Western, Traditional Western

This is one of several solid B-grade Westerns produced at the height of the genre's popularity in the '50s by the partnership of director Budd Boetticher, star Randolph Scott, and writer Burt Kennedy. Scott stars as Ben Brigade, a taciturn bounty hunter who captures wanted murderer Billy John (James Best) and heads for Santa Cruz, where a reward awaits Brigade and a rope most likely awaits the killer. There's more to Brigade than meets the eye, however; his actual quarry is Frank (Lee Van Cleef), his prisoner's brother and the man who killed Brigade's wife. At a trading post where Brigade and his prisoner have stopped, Indians attack. The bounty hunter saves the life of Mrs. Lane (Karen Steele), wife of the post's deceased manager. Lane decides to accompany her rescuer to Santa Cruz, so Brigade, counting on a showdown with Frank, hires outlaws Sam and Whit (Pernell Roberts and James Coburn) for protection on the duration of the journey. During the trip, Sam and Whit discuss betraying Brigade and turning in Billy John themselves for a reward and pardon. Coburn made his screen debut with the film. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Randolph Scott - Ben Brigade
Karen Steele - Mrs Lane
Pernell Roberts - Sam Boone
James Best - Billy John
Lee Van Cleef - Frank