Fifteen years ago, wealthy but crippled Colorado cattleman Arch Strobie (Ray Collins), whose own son Lee (Robert Walker) is wild, took in young Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster) as a foster son to help raise him. Now Owen is ranch foreman, but Lee, despite being married to Jen (Joanne Dru), is wilder than ever. Unmarried Lily Fasken (Sally Forrest) gives birth but refuses to iden...$野心与实际成果间有巨大差距。时不时出现的旁白像自然风光文艺西部史诗,应该和原著改编有关,但电影剧本写得不太行,人物性格和感情戏都如此空洞。结尾像是急着收工,两位女主命运也没交代。太可惜了。$已收藏$不知所云的剧本,人物之间的情感变化显得毫无逻辑莫名其妙,中间的一段似乎是想模仿红河。。。浪费了兰卡斯特和罗伯特.沃克的演技。。。ps兰卡斯特的第一部西部片?