Fort Worth (1951)

An ex-gunfighter (Randolph Scott) has hung up his guns and runs a newspaper in the struggling town of Fort Worth, Texas. He must deal with the shady dealings of his former best friend (David Brian) as well as the crooked cattle baron (Ray Teal) who runs rampant over attempts at law and order. Directed by Edwin L. Marin (GOLD RUSH MAISIE), this is a routine Technicolor western indistinguishable from countless other westerns of its era. Randolph Scott would soon hook up with Budd Boetticher and together would create some of the greatest western of the mid to late 1950s. But in the early 50s, FORT WORTH was typical of the westerns Scott was grinding out. Not bad mind you, it's serviceable but as I said a cookie cutter oater. With Phyllis Thaxter, Helena Carter and Chubby Johnson.