There is no Zorro here, but there is Cornel Wilde who enjoyed showing off as the little man in great adversities overcoming overwhelming odds and evil villains. Here he gets his entire family killed or rather murdered, his wife, his parents, their farm burned down, as he was just going to marry his lady in paradisiacal bliss which suddenly turned into a brutal hell driving the sole survivors into lawlessness; but Cornel Wilde is never stupid, and he takes revenge on all the murderers one by one, the first being Lon Chaney Jr, in an honest combat man to man. It seems that he gave the others the same chance, and he actually saves the life of the last man, until he dies anyway. Raymond Burr is usually the crook and gangster, but here he is on the side of the law, whatever he may think about it, and he honestly tries to make the best of it, although there are reasons enough to have doubts about his character. Yvonne de Carlo plays both Cornel's sweet and lovely wife and her sister, who is more warlike, and of course we know from the beginning how Cornel ultimately will settle with her. It is a beautiful, charming and upsetting film, but Louis Forbes' music is perfect for it. It is an odd western like those with Ricardo Montalban but the more enjoyable for not being regular at all.