Storyline

John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William Priest is involved variously in revealing the real identity of Lucy Lake, reliving his Civil War memories, preventing the lynching of a youth and contesting the elections with Yankee Horace K. Maydew.—Bernard Keane

Plot Keywords

remake, pistol duel, outcast, riverboat, recluse, grandfather, granddaughter, mother, daughter, crisis, funeral, minister, funeral procession, gambler, compassion, death of mother, kentucky, servant, justice, trial

Short Review

Nostalgic for a world he never knew and which never really existed, progressive-minded and a little reactionary at the same time, innately sad for the passing of an era, deeply humane, and, yes, with a dash of utterly arbitrary beefcake.

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