Frontier Gal (1945)

On the run after shooting one of the men who murdered his partner, a man (Rod Cameron) stops in a remote saloon and meets the vivacious entertainer (Yvonne De Carlo) who owns the saloon. Tempers and passions immediately flare up. Directed by Charles Lamont (MA AND PA KETTLE). Yvonne De Carlo in Technicolor is always a treat but boy, is this one a dog! We're treated to De Carlo constantly being humiliated by Rod Cameron's gunslinger (including the "happy" ending where he spanks her!). Rod Cameron never moved beyond being a B movie leading man and it's easy to see why. He recites his lines with all the emotion of an oak tree, he's a real stiff. De Carlo was cast after Maria Montez wisely refused to do the movie. With Sheldon Leonard, Andy Devine and Fuzzy Knight.