Lost men in the Old West willing to kill over lucre and lust

This is a top-of-the-line classic B&W Western that borrows the basic premise of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and influenced future Westerns, like "The Law and Jake Wade" and "Day of the Outlaw," not to mention the sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet." There's even a remake from the late 60s set during the gold rush of South Africa with Vincent Price called "The Jackals.".

If you remove the opening and closing score, which is understandably passé, this holds up in the modern day as a psychological adult Western that's film noir-ish. While some people favor B&W, I don't (although I can roll with it), and would love to see a colorized version.

Anne Baxter was only 24 during filming. You can't go wrong with the likes of Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, Harry Morgan and James Barton.

It's not overlong at 1 hour, 38 minutes, and was shot at Owens Lake, Death Valley National Monument, and Alabama Hills, just west of Lone Pine, California.