Sagebrush Shakespeare--a pistol-packin'
Othello, deftly done. Shot among the magnificent Grand Teton Mountains of Wyoming, JUBAL is named for its protagonist, Ford, a drifter who arrives in the area and takes a job at the ranch owned by Borgnine. When Borgnine's sensuous wife, French,
comes on to Ford, Steiger, her ex-lover, is enraged and plots to get rid of the stranger. French admits her feelings to her husband, so he attacks Ford who kills him. While Steiger is aware of what really happened, he recruits a posse to lynch Ford and beats and rapes French.
Steiger is wonderfully mean in a role not unlike Judd in OKLAHOMA or any of several other villains h...
Released:
1956
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins