Just perfect...

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Another nice colour Western starring enigmatic goodie Randolph Scott - in a fight I'd prefer him on my side over John Wayne any day. But not his rubbish stunt double.Pinkerton's hire him as a bounty hunter to track down a band of baddies all the way to Twin Forks whereupon he unaccountably makes the townsfolk edgy and nervous with regard to his perceived propensity to shoot people solely for money. He tells them more than once that he has to stay "hyer" for a while to figure out just who the baddies are. However, they all seem like a shifty bunch even Scott's frilly love-interest with parasol and picket-fence; but it's fun trying to guess who the felons really are. For the most part it's routine fodder and yet another nod to Destry Rides Again but there's a couple of surprisingly clunky and almost embarrassingly aimless shooting scenes with hats or objects shot off straight at the 3D cameras – I even laughed during one of these untense moments.Andre De Toth directed slicker Westerns than this but I always enjoy this kind of film with all faults, so enjoyed this one even though I've seen tens of thousands better. A pleasant and wholesome time-passer I wouldn't mind seeing again real soon…and probably will if I know TCM UK.

TCM included this Randolph Scott film in it's recent night under the stars. This one is made for a 90 minute second banana under feature. For an under feature it has great color print and supporting cast includes Ernest Borgnine.In this movie the star of the later movie Marty has a pronounced limp as a part of his character. Scott puts in another impressive performance. The camera angles used by the director of this one are quite impressive too.The 1950's are rich in Westerns as even television was cranking them out in record numbers. Enjoyed this one myself.

How can a bounty hunter be the good guy in a western? Easy, let him be played by Randolph Scott. Scott in his colored westerns had such a strong presence that no matter what he played , he was Randolph Scott above all. So never mind the contradictions in Jim Kipp, the bounty hunter, this is not James Stewart and Anthony Mann (The Naked Spur). This is one of the best of Scott's westerns efficiently directed by Andre de Toth, it is a bit of a "whodunnit" reminding "Three Hours to Kill", made in the same year. Great to see Ernest t Borgnine as one of the villains. At the beginning of the film Jim Kipp is a heartless bounty hunter, who gets his reward and then is asked by a Pinkerton detective to capture some outlaws. He concludes they went to a town, Twin Forks, and there, he starts searching for them. The point the film makes very well is how uncomfortable the people in the town feel knowing there is a bounty hunter among them. Randolph Scott's Jim Kipp has a lot in common with the characters he would play in the Bud Boetticher's westerns.

The Bounty Hunter casts Randolph Scott working in that profession, condemned in polite society, but necessary to bringing law and order to the west. Scott is hired by the Pinkerton Detective Agency to trail three outlaws who were part of a gang of seven who robbed a train and killed several people in the process. Four of them are accounted for, but the Pinkertons have no clue as to the others. Scott picks up where they left off and the trail takes him to the New Mexico town of Twin Forks.The only clue he has is that one of them was wounded so Scott begins questioning the town doctor and his pretty daughter Dolores Dorn. Needless to say his presence and reputation have the whole town of Twin Forks real nervous. Even sheriff Howard Petrie isn't really crazy about Scott's investigation.Director Andre DeToth did several good westerns in the Forties and Fifties and The Bounty Hunter was definitely one of them. DeToth keeps the action and suspense both going and I have to say when the identity of the three outlaws is finally learned you will be surprised. And there will be some juicy red herrings thrown in for good measure.One of the better Randolph Scott westerns of the Fifties a must for all of his fans.