Lamar Trotti (1900–1952)

An austere and rather grim black and white film that is better than the book since it skips a lot of tedious scenes (like the card game in the book) and focuses just on the action. It also changes some scenes for the better like the final scene in the bar where all the participants are lined up drinking and the viewer feels they are questioning their role in the hangings while Henry Fonda's character quietly reads Martin's farewell letter to his fife.

Fugitives come across a woman and her grandfather living in an isolated ghost town.

2/4 (Indifferent).

Half the story revolves around the threat of rape. And the climactic shootout happens off screen.

based loosely on the tempest

Later remade as "The Jackals."