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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: This is a first-rate action picture -- a respectable second section to High Noon. Read more
Stephen Garrett, Time Out: A portrait of storytelling made for and by the Silent Generation, an audience all too familiar with the world's spooky, white-knuckled moral twilight. Read more
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: Despite an abundance of talk, this 1957 film is often considered [Daves'] best. Read more
New Yorker: The compositions evoke a kind of open-air claustrophobia ... Read more