Decent part-factual, part-fictitious depiction of the life of reporter/gunfighter Bartholomew "Bat" Masterson, centering on the period he spent as marshal of Dodge City, a job he took when unable to find work on a newspaper. Dekker makes a convincing lawman who doesn't undertake the
pursuit of his true goal until the woman he loves, social worker-cum-dance hall girl Trevor, is shot down by local cattle baron Sullivan. The marshal has been the only man willing to stand up to the ruthlessness that has made Sullivan such a success. Sullivan responds by kidnaping Trevor in a
last-ditch effort to get Dekker off his back. She dies scorned by the "decent" people of the to...
Released:
1944
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins