Maureen O'Hara plays Kate a gun toting, strong willed, gambling saloon proprietress who is brought to a small frontier town in Wyoming by a smooth talking Governor want-to-be named Jim Avrell (William Bishop).

At first Kate works along with Jim to hoodwink the local cattle ranchers in the area by rustling their cattle and putting their own cattle brand on them. But Kate doesn't have it in her to be a calculating business woman doing unlawful business and slowly she warms up to the town's strong but silent sheriff (Alex Nicol). Backstabbing, personal maneuverings and gun fights ensue.

While The Redhead from Wyoming is no top- of-the-line Western it is a well directed, written and acted one. And like a good many Universal Westerns made in the 1950's there is a little bit of moral ambiguity in the beginning. Each of the characters is not simply good or bad but rather a combination of both and - as the genre tells us - only the hardy law of the west can clear up the differences.

Video:
The film was shot in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 in Technicolor. While it doesn't look sparkling and new it does have good color throughout. The film was made in 1953 and very much has the look of a preserved (but not restored) color print from the era. There is some artifact noticeable in a many scenes but it is not bad.

Audio:
The sound is in monoaural and is just fine. The film has lots of dialogue, which can be heard okay but the shootouts aren't near as loud as we are used to today.

Extras:
The only extra is a vintage trailer for the movie, which is aged and a little blurry.

Overall:
The Redhead from Wyoming is a good Western with fine performances and some good action scenes. Like almost every Western made, part of the charm is that it becomes predictable. But it's a credit to the writers of the film that it remains interesting from start to finish. Best of all is that it develops full fledged characters none of whom are easy to pin down from the beginning. The DVD has nothing much in the way of extras but is slightly above average in the visual department and worth a look.