Like Scott, Murphy, McCrea and Montgomery, the subjects of volume one, the four actors showcased in this second volume, Rory Calhoun, Rod Cameron, Sterling Hayden and Richard Widmark, were all perfectly capable of playing their tough roles with ease because of their hard, uncompromising upbringing (especially true in Calhoun's case). ey were also naturals in the saddle, born to ride, even Hayden, their combined output in the eld an enduring reminder of how, many, many years ago, the Western movie reigned supreme over all others. So let's hit four divergent trails out West with four contrasting meaner-than-hell hombres and see how they coped, in true Western tradition, with bad guys (when they weren't being bad guys themselves), Indians on the warpath, sexy saloon dames, trigger-happy gunmen, cavalry detachments, double-crossing partners, devious land-grabbers, crooked logging-grabbers, corrupt lawmen, ladies (and tomboys) in peril, dishonest town o cials, the construction of railroads on schedule across hostile terrain, the felling of timber and, in two instances, the legendary battle of the Alamo, all lmed in and around America's breathtaking untamed, rocky native scenery. You won't be bored for a single second!