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
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.