Rebel In Town (1956)

Post Civil War, a group of ex-Confederate soldiers enter a town where one of them (John Smith) accidentally kills a child (Bobby Clark). The soldiers flee the town but the boy's father (John Payne) is bent on revenge. Directed by Alfred L. Werker (ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES). Westerns were prolific in the 1950s, both in cinemas and on television. So popular that there were a lot of B westerns. Every once in awhile, you'll come across a western that transcends its B roots, this is one of them. It's not a great western but a solid and efficient one with a strong narrative and complex characters. The only negative (and it's a minor one) is a dreadful title song played over the credits. With Ruth Roman, J. Carrol Naish, Ben Cooper, Ben Johnson and James Griffith.