Jack Burns (Kirk Douglas) is the kind of cowboy that mamas are warned not to let their babies grow up to be. He has no respect for authority, and he treats his horse better that he treats himself (probably better than the women who have passed through his life). He moves from job to job, has no fixed address and sleeps outside, under the sky. When we first see him on the screen, lying on the ground, he coul

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