A Bullet Is Waiting

In this tense and thought-provoking Western noir, a plane crash on a remote California beach sets off a chain of events that puts two men on opposite sides of justice in a struggle for survival and redemption. Rory Calhoun stars as Ed Stone, a fugitive with a complicated past, who finds himself in the clutches of Jean Simmons's intelligent and independent Cally Canham, after she takes him in during a torrential rainstorm. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, the true nature of justice is laid bare in this gripping modern Western, directed by John Farrow and starring Rory Calhoun and Jean Simmons.