Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I found Good Day to be a really entertaining B movie for weekend afternoon viewing. Like many B movies, it has a fairly simple plot (pretty similar to an episode of Bonanza or Big Valley but that's good enough for me). No major spoilers in this review but hit a few plot points.The plot involves a group of bank robbers that hold up the local bank and kill the sheriff as they escape. Fred MacMurray reluctantly assumes the role of sheriff and captures a young former resident who was a friend of his daughter and arranges for him to be hanged.The cast is a solid one. Besides MacMurray, there is Robert Vaughan in a pre- Man from UNCLE role. Others notable costars include popular western star James Drury,Denver Pyle, Bing Russell and Howard McNair (Floyd from Andy Griffith). Like many B movies, this strong cast overcomes any drawbacks from a fairly routine Western plot.The mood of the townspeople plays a protagonist against MacMurray. They want blood at first, but then sour on the idea of hanging a former resident.I always liked Fred MacMurray's more serious roles form 40s and 50s before his Absent Minded Prof roles and My 3 Sons. He is excellent in this movie.It's not as complex as a John Ford, Mann or Sturges "A Western", but it is a B Western that most Western fans should enjoy.

In the same year that he won a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for "The Young Philadelphians," Robert Vaughn was in top form again as a robber of a bank with others, but who is accused of killing the town marshal.Fred MacMurray, the new marshal, witnessed the killing and his testimony convicted the Vaughn character. Vaughn gives a convincing performance as he bursts out in tears admitting what he did was wrong, but that he is no killer. This persuades the town to sign a petition for a commutation of sentence.To add to the situation, MacMurray's daughter is in love with Vaughn and argues with her father over the situation.We also see the idea of circumstances, poverty and a bad environment used as excuses for what has occurred.In his departure as a gunslinger, James Drury plays the town doctor who also has his eyes on MacMurray's daughter.Of course, we see the real truth come out in the end. We also see veteran character actress Kathryn Card give an interesting performance as the widow of the dead marshal, an understanding woman.

Towards the beginning of the film there is a bank robbery in this western. As the criminal gang rides out of town, a local citizen (Fred MacMurray) shoots one of the thugs and then joins a posse. Some of the gang get away but a young gang member (Robert Vaughn) is captured. In the process, the Sheriff is killed.Later, Fred is convinced to become the new sheriff. Soon afterwords, the town becomes like Bizarro World (ask a die-hard DC Comics fan about this if you are curious) as the citizens start to inexplicably turn sympathetic to Vaughn who is awaiting trial!!! This make little sense--he clearly was guilty and the Sheriff was killed and half of the money (the townspeople's money) was not recovered. How many of the folks came to become sympathetic is inexplicable. What is also annoyingly inexplicable is how MacMurray's daughter becomes infatuated with 'that poor boy'!!! Are the people in this town using peyote?!?! I completely agree with bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York--this just didn't make sense and is a huge problem with the movie--especially since the town becomes so hostile towards the law and the prosecution! The town of idiots seem to think that if, perhaps, Vaughn did not personally kill the Sheriff then he's not responsible! And, by the way, MacMurray testifies that he SAW Vaughn kill the Sheriff!! Heck, the folks in this town are so fickle (as well as stupid) I was almost expecting them to give Vaughn a medal and convict MacMurray instead!!!! In reality, this is all irrelevant and Vaughn would have been strung up with all deliberate speed! It's a shame the writing was so terrible in this film, as MacMurray was particularly good in the film--even if he didn't like making westerns and looked a tad out of place at first. He simply was too good an actor to let a bad script completely ruin the movie! So, if you do bother with this film, watch it for Fred--otherwise, you are bound to be disappointed as this film is a stinker.

Of course this is a 1950s period piece that says more about that time period than it does about the 19th Century, but we need to remember that most films, particularly Westerns, seemed to reflect the exact time period they were made. This is nothing new, and it probably will not change any time in the future.What audiences forget is that Fred MacMurray was GREAT in serious roles. Because we saw him on TV and Disney movies, we became used to the dimwitted, milquetoast type of character and I, at least could not understand why he was so respected as an actor. But, he had a long illustrious career long before the 1960s, and that career had mostly been of him as a leading man in Westerns. In fact, MacMurray was disappointed that all he ever got cast in was serious roles, and he got tired of it.In this movie, his acting is so "underdone", that it is flawless. I have a great deal of respect for him, and wish he had made even more serious movies later in his life.