It has it's pompous moments - it's a western - but that's mainly due to theatrical Lancaster. In fact, for all it's seemingly cliche plot, it's actually a very sober and contrary comment to the genre, and worth watching.

A fairly decent Western, refreshingly inglorious, though director Winner and writer Wilson definitely outdid it with their following movie Chato's Land. Among Lawman's flaws I count the terrible Burt Lancaster in the lead, but that balances out thanks to the impressive supporting cast, including Robert Duvall and the spectacular Lee J. Cobb.