This is among the stronger Westerns produced in the nineteen fifties. Richard Widmark plays Comanche Todd, a man raised by Comanches who’s been arrested for murder. The story unfolds in 1873, deep within Apache territory, and he quickly finds himself leading a small group of young people from a wagon train. Will this group survive? And even if they do manage to escape, is there any chance Todd can avoid execution …

He’ll survive—for now. The moment he seems vulnerable, his life is over. The film begins with a chase across Canyon Of Death {Oak Creek Canyon}, and the person being chased is Comanche Todd. He's a white man who has Comanche ancestry; he’s also wanted for killing three men. Following his capture by Sheriff Bull Harper, Todd and his guard encounter a wagon train of Christian settlers that comes under attack by Apac…