Jubal

Like Shane and Hondo, Jubal is just one of those ordinary cowboys who can shoot like Buffalo Bill, ride like the Lone Ranger and smile like Roy Rogers. And, like every other cowboy (except Roy Rogers), Jubal has had an unhappy family life--Mama Jubal hated him intensely and Papa Jubal was sliced to pieces by a steamboat.

So Jubal runs away, until he finds Ernest Borgnine, the friendly ranchowner who looks like a Bronx butcher. After some preliminary bronc-busting, Borgnine gets to like Jubal (Glenn Ford)--"I trust you, Jubal"--and the trouble begins. It seems that Borgnine's wife, some starlet with a wavering English accent, also thinks she'd like to trust Jubal.

Then comes the usual mixture: one God-fearing pioneer with a bobbing adam's apple, a cross-eyed blond, and a horny cowpoke (amusingly played by Rod Steiger). And, after this, the inevitable lynching party. As reel three goes on, the question is who will save Jubal from the noose. Justice? Or indians? Or both?

Jubal is not much like High Noon because it doesn't have any trains. And it isn't like Shane because it doesn't have a little boy. But not much else is missing.