The Moonlighter (1953)

Odd little western (originally filmed in 3D) directed by Roy Rowland seems split into two parts which seem to have little to do with each other. In the first half, a lynch mob breaks down the jail to hang a cattle rustler (Fred MacMurray), who rustles by moonlight hence the title, but they hang the wrong man! MacMurray takes it upon himself to avenge the innocent man. There’s a bizarre flashback that seems totally out of place as if someone decided the film needed a comic respite. The second half focuses on the two brothers (MacMurray, William Ching) both in love with the same woman (Barbara Stanwyck) and the bank robbery that proves disastrous to all involved, only this time it’s Stanwyck who takes it upon herself to get revenge. Considering it was filmed in 3D, there’s very little (outside of a brawl with fists and chairs flying) “in your face” 3D effects.