In Michael Cimino’s bleak anti-western based on events in 1890s Wyoming, Sheriff James Averill attempts to protect immigrant farmers from wealthy cattle interests, and also clashes with a hired gun, Nathan Champion, over the woman they both love. Both men find themselves questioning their roles in the furious conflict between wealthy landowners and European immigrants attempting to build new lives on the American frontier, which culminates in a brutal pitched battle.
Release Date: 19 November 1980Runtime: 325 min
Stars:
- Brad Dourif
- Christopher Walken
- Geoffrey Lewis
- Isabelle Huppert
- Jeff Bridges
- John Hurt
- Joseph Cotten
- Kris Kristofferson
- Mary Catherine Wright
- Nicholas Woodeson
- Paul Koslo
- Richard Masur
- Ronnie Hawkins
- Rosie Vela
- Sam Waterston
Director: Michael Cimino
