Six men think they saw Eddie 'the Kid Campbell (Robert Vaughn) shoot downMarshal Cain in cold blood. But only respected lawman Ben Cutler (Fred MacMurray) would swear to it in court. For Ben was determined to see The Kid hang for the crime. But was it because Campbell was a murderer or because Cutler's daughter (Joan Blackman) was The Kid's sweetheart, and no father would ever let his little girl marry an outlaw? Sentenced to the gallows, Campbell's sensitive demeanor soon convinces everyone that he's been framed. Everyone, that is, except Ben Cutler. For only Ben knows whether The Kid's truly guilty or not, and justice will be done, even if he has to take the law into his own hands.
Fred MacMurray starred in some good westerns such as At Gunpoint and the Face of a Fugitive, and performed brilliantly adding some depth to his characters and he does the same in Good Day for a Hanging, which is quite an involving western with enough drama and action to please western aficionados. Robert Vaughn plays a psychopath who expertly puts on an innocent visage to help him escape the gallows. But when the guilty verdict comes through people later believe he might not have done it. They cold-shoulder MacMurray who knows Vaughn killed the marshal. There's a killer finale, quite exciting.
Fred MacMurray starred in some good westerns such as At Gunpoint and the Face of a Fugitive, and performed brilliantly adding some depth to his characters and he does the same in Good Day for a Hanging, which is quite an involving western with enough drama and action to please western aficionados. Robert Vaughn plays a psychopath who expertly puts on an innocent visage to help him escape the gallows. But when the guilty verdict comes through people later believe he might not have done it. They cold-shoulder MacMurray who knows Vaughn killed the marshal. There's a killer finale, quite exciting.