See? I'm wrong all the time. I thought this thing where every western starts with a family being massacred in their farmhouse was a recent development. That's how this movie starts. Only the child and his dog survive.
In Shane (1953), the father grabs a rifle, hides behind a rock and threatens Alan Ladd when he approaches his farm. In Bad Company (1972), the farmers are more dangerous than the kids trying to rob them. In this movie, like cheap 21st century westerns, they just stand there and get murdered.
The Bushwhackers wasn't very good. One of the women was as bloodthirsty as the men but wasn't very good at it. She misses when she takes a shot at John Ireland. When the schoolmarm comes home and finds Ireland sleeping in her bed, she just waves a gun around and steps out of the room while he puts his pants on. The ladies don't kill anyone and the hero doesn't kill any women although he should.
Wealthy landowner (Lon Chaney, Jr) wants to keep homesteaders off what he thinks is his land because he knows the railroad will pay him a fortune for it. His henchmen and his horrible daughter carry out his orders.
A former Confederate soldier comes to town. He's moved out west which wasn't a smart move since he's become a strict pacifist and refuses to carry a gun.
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