Summary:
In this deceptively titled and paced Western, Kirk Douglas shines in the hyper-macho role of Dempsey Rae, a good-natured drifter with a mysterious past up from Texas, a top hand with a gun, a horse, or a herd, who can even play the banjo and sing. He rides into a Wyoming town in a freight car, in the company of much younger drifter Jeff Jimson (William Campbell), who knows... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Kirk Douglas - (Dempsey Rae)
Jeanne Crain - (Reed Bowman)
William Campbell - (Jeff Jimson)
Claire Trevor - (Idonee)
Richard Boone - (Steve Miles)
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Review:
The title of this Western, along with its pacing, is extremely deceptive, referring not to the badge of a lawman as one might expect in this genre, but to the star that a man might follow in navigating unknown territory -- it refers to Kirk Douglas' Dempsey Rae, a laconic, good-natured (but lusty and two-fisted) cowpoke who's wandered a lo... Continue >>
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