People are voting emotionally.

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."

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

If you're an Audie Murphy fan like I am, you have to be just a little bit troubled by the way circumstances dictated his character here. When Yaqui Indian Tigre (Eugene Iglesias) killed the deputy guarding Jim Harvey (Murphy) in the jail cell, any rational mind would have believed that Harvey was complicit in the murder. Yet at the same time, sticking around to plead his case would have been a disaster. Like the deputy said, "...fly with jailbirds and you get dirty wings." Well who would have figured that the title of the picture referred to the name of a horse. A rather clever horse when you get right down to it, but looking like a mangy old swayback that didn't look like he should be teaming up with the star of the picture, much less being one himself. There was actually a rather nervous looking scene when Harvey, atop Tumbleweed, attempted that very first climb up the mountain trail. Tumbleweed looked like he was slipping and losing his balance and about ready to make the first part of his name stick. But he got himself straightened out quickly enough; I wonder if Audie Murphy said a little prayer of thanks after that one.This might be the only picture I've seen Lee Van Cleef in where he does something to make his character look kind of dumb. He starts to take off along the same trail Tumbleweed did and his horse went butt over tincups with the rest of the sheriff's bunch laughing at his attempt. Come on, who laughs at Lee Van Cleef? I'm sure he got his revenge in another picture.Realistically speaking, I can't say that I found the resolution to this story to be very credible, in as much as the Indian Chief Aguila (Ralph Moody) fingered Lam Blanden (Russell Johnson) as the villain who set up the Yaqui ambush of the wagon train. Sure he did it, but Aguila died immediately, and how would Sheriff Murchoree (Chill Wills) have convinced an entire town that Harvey was innocent with nothing else to go by. I guess if he ever had to stand trial, Harvey could have brought in Tumbleweed as a character witness. That horse could do anything.

I'm pretty sure this is the movie I saw when I was six years old,with my three sisters that caused my baby heart to go pittypat for Audie Murphy. For years the four of us argued about who would grow up first and marry him. I recall an interesting bondage scene where he has been tied up by the Indians; an old woman takes pity on him and releases him. Why I didn't get warped for life by my keen interest in this, I don't know. All of us eventually grew taller than Murphy and outgrew the crushes too. Murphy's movies are surprisingly suitable for children. He was a fine natural actor and I notice he generally takes a high moral tone. Notice how often there is a message of racial tolerance, with Indians being portrayed as rounded characters with genuine grievances, oppressed by an uncaring or racist white government.

10 years ago, as a forty-year-old, I "discovered" Audie Murphy, and since then have tried to tape as many of his movies that are shown. Why? Because they entertain, and they also show the imperfect people that we all are, and even so, the good that can come out and how we can move on with our lives. Too bad Murphy had a sad personal life, for all the good messages he gave to us through his films over the years. But "Tumbleweed" is one of my favorites, and also of my 6 year-old granddaughter! It's the horse. Give credit to the horse for his quiet role in ALL westerns, without which they could not be made. This Tumbleweed horse shows the intelligence and stamina and unsung heroism that has lived in the breed, since early times. Add that to the HUMOR and the melodramatic "give a guy a chance because I was given a chance once myself" plot, and you have a nice mix of all the Western elements of the the wild, vast, half-civilized country we used to long for. I know Audie loved it, and understood the conflict in all our souls when faced with our raw natures and the better person inside. I pray he finally found rest from that conflict. So thank you, Audie, for giving the horse his due, and giving us some fun, in "Tumbleweed"!

A truly fun old western and Audie Murphy was fantastic as always. One of the great fight scenes on film come at the end between Audie Murphy and Russell Johnson (The Professor from Gilligan's Island)Recommended viewing for western and Audie Murphy fans.