Nicholas Ray's rip-roaring role reversal western from 1954 starred Joan Trog Crawford as Vienna, a saucy saloon owner who falls under scrutiny for hanging out with a character named "The Dancin' Kid" (western star Scott Brady) and the titular gunslinger Johnny Logan (troubled HUAC patsy Sterling Hayden). The climactic shootout is between Vienna and her repressed rival, Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge from Touch of Evil). Also with John Vampire Hookers Carradine; future television stars Ward Bond and Ernest Borgnine (Wagon Train and McHale's Navy, respectively); and Ben Cooper (The Fastest Guitar Alive).
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