It's one of the more intricately plotted and planned films I've ever seen. All kinds of stuff is crammed into the story, and most of it is important. It's pretty amazing how well all this stuff works.

Beyond a wonderful story, this film has plenty more to offer. The acting is great. I'm not at all familiar with Stewart in westerns, but here he's brilliant. He's that kinda timid, bookish guy you don't expect to be a western hero. He spends most of his time wearing an apron. Hahaha, it really is an inspired character. Everyone else is good too, but man, I was not expecting what Stewart gave.

The film is also really, really funny. It's full of little unexpected moments of pure comedy. The 'Marshal' gets pushed into an open door at one point, and his ass breaks the lower glass panes. Just stuff like that, stuff that doesn't sound hilarious, but in the film really works to lighten the mood and make ya laugh.

Also, there's at least one scene (the newspaper man's drunken performance for himself in the office, if you've seen it), that easily ranks among my ten or twenty favorite scenes in film history.