The story follows Cole, new marshal of the mining/ranching town of who takes on the corrupt rancher, Randall Bragg, who ordered the killing of the previous marshal and his deputy.
Bragg is arrested, tried and sentenced to be hung, but hired guns bust him out, leading to a long chase through Indian territory, a traditional high noon shootout between Cole's men and Bragg's, a further escape and, a final showdown.
Along the way, Cole falls for a piano-playing beauty with a malevolent heart, whose manipulations lead to that final, fatal confrontation.
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger