Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.

• Partisan Productions
• United Artists
• Kris Kristofferson
• Christopher Walken
• John Hurt
• Sam Waterston
• Brad Dourif
• Isabelle Huppert
• Joseph Cotten
• Jeff Bridges