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The film bears thematic resemblance with Zinnemann’s 1952 Oscar winner, High Noon, starring Gary Cooper.
It tells the story of Dan Ballard (Joh Payne) and Rose Evans (Lizabeth Scott), who are about to get married on the Fourth of July, just when Marshal Fred McCarty (Dan Duryea) and his deputies ride into town looking for Ballard.
Accusing Ballard of having murdered his brother, McCarthy, driven by revenge, has come to arrest him.
At first, the townspeople are on Ballard’s side, but gradually they turn against him, especially when they believe that he has killed the town’s sheriff (Emile Meyer).
Ballard tries hard to prove his innocence and expose McCarty.
The movie has been praised for is daring exposure of McCarthyism–the villain is even named McCarty.
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