Delmer Daves‘ all-time classic follows a struggling rancher (Van Heflin) who is recruited to transport a dangerous prisoner (Glenn Ford) to a train station, while being tracked by a violent gang of bandits.  But, since it’s a 1950s western, what this movie actually is more of a rumination on what it means to be a man.  Turns out that punctuality is pretty important component of that definition.

If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas (1984).