Raw Edge

Plot

In 1842, before law and order has come to Oregon, a wealthy man named Montgomery makes the rules, including one that any unmarried woman must go with whichever man puts in a claim for her. After his wife Hannah is attacked by an unseen man, Montgomery uses the opportunity to blame his rival, Dan Kirby, and lynch him.

Dan was married to an Indian woman, Paca, who attempts to return to her people. Before she can, tribesman Five Crows is murdered and Paca is claimed by a white man named Sile Doty, who forces her to return to town. There she meets a stranger, Tex, who turns out to be her late husband's brother.

Hannah ultimately realizes that Tarp Penny was the one who attacked her that night. Tarp kills her father and wounds Hannah in the shoulder. He ends up in a shootout with Tex that turns into a violent fistfight after both run out of ammunition. Tex prevails when Tarp is accidentally impaled, after which Hannah wishes to join Tex when he rides out of town.

Cast

Production

This was Yvonne De Carlo's first film at Universal, the studio where she had been a star, since 1951.