The Man From Colorado

One of the earliest of the "psychological westerns," this one went beyond psychology and psychiatry and into the realm of psychosis. Ford stars as a sadistic Civil War veteran who has been killing for the sheer joy of it, even after the official battles cease. Although his mind has become unbalanced by the terrors of the war, he manages somehow to secure a job as a judge in Colorado. His former army pal, Holden, knows that Ford is teetering on the brink of insanity, so he obtains a job as Ford's marshal in an attempt to keep his one-time crony from getting out of hand. Ford kills criminals who have raised the flag of surrender and he is far too liberal with his dea...