The Quick and the Dead

Feb 28, 1987

1h 30m

★ 6.3

A mysterious stranger is about to make a woman forget she's a wife and a man remember he's a hero.

Overview

In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian is the only hope.

Genres

Action

Drama

Western

TV Movie

Production Companies

Joseph Cates Productions

The Quick and the Dead Trailers

Cast

Con Villian

Sam Elliott

Susanna McKaskel

Kate Capshaw

Duncan McKaskel

Tom Conti

Doc Shabitt

Matt Clark

The Ute

Patrick Kilpatrick

Purdy Mantle

Del Shores

Lenny Shabitt

Kurt D. Lott

Tom McKaskel

Kenny Morrison

Red Hayle

Jerry Potter

Joy the Blacksmith

Hardy Rawls

Running Wolf

Larry Sellers

Logger Jim Hadley and his lumberjack crew are looking for new forest to cut. They locate a prime prospect outside the town of Deep Wells. The residents of Deep Wells led by Laura Riley are opposed to the felling of the trees, believing that losing them would cause mudslides during the heavy rains. Conflict between the town's residents and the loggers is inevitable.

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