In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.
Acting
Douglas and Coburn's weathered chemistry carries every frame.
Cinematography
Golden hour exhaustion; the West literally dying in light.
Director
Steven Hilliard Stern
Kirk Douglas
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
James Coburn
Sam Starret
Alexandra Bastedo
Bess
Graham Jarvis
Deputy Wally Blodgett
Derek McGrath
Reggie Bell
Jason Michas
Moses
Len Birman
Ephraim
Frank C. Turner
Poker Player
Linda Sorensen
Teresa
Gerard Parkes
Circuit Judge Fawcett
Frank Adamson
Lenny
Richard Donat
Sheriff Harmon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kirk Douglas was 67 and James Coburn 56 during filming; both had survived major health crises and brought genuine mortality to their performances.
Released during the Reagan-era western revival, this TV movie quietly subverted the genre's nostalgia by showing cowboys as obsolete alcoholics rather than triumphant heroes.
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