The Duke shows his sweet side here, which helps to temper the feeling that what we're watching is something other than a bundle of cliches. Surprisingly, his time spent with Quakers is more effective as a romantic comedy than either a Western or a conversion drama. Wayne and Russell certainly have strong chemistry together, but it's a cute, phony kind of it. Neither is ever believable, but in the movies presence is enough and they both have it in spades. The pacifist message here is somewhat obscured amid the frequent gun play, but the cornball ending still works well enough.