This minor and utterly unremarkable Audie Murphy western somewhat surprisingly bears the name of ace Dirty Harry director Don Siegel. Unfortunately, it's absolutely devoid of the personal style Siegel brought to such low-budget films as Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Riot in Cell Block 11. This feels long even at its short running time, and is clearly padded for length with an uncomfortable prologue. Of course, Murphy and Siegel fans won't want to miss it, and the supporting cast of Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally and a pre-stardom Lee Marvin also makes it watchable, but this is a very ordinary western.

When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.