After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.
Acting
Ekberg weaponizes vulnerability; Hayden simmers with wounded ego.
Direction
Oswald's flashback structure keeps you complicit in choosing sides.
Cinematography
Harsh desert light versus shadowy courtroom — visual guilt trip.
Director
Gerd Oswald
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