Boss Spearman, a rugged old-timer who free-grazes cattle, and Charley Waite have been partners for ten years. As the film opens in the 1880s, the pair and their employees -- the beefy, rugged, likable Mose and the impetuous Mexican teenager Buttons -- are driving cattle across the West. Mose is attacked and thrown in jail during a visit to a town. The local cattle rancher Baxter wants the free grazers off his land and warns Charley and Boss when they retrieve Mose that they have until the next day to be out of the area. Boss decides to fight back, especially after Baxter's men do harm to the foursome. Charley confesses his past as a killer during the Civil War and strikes up a tentative romance with Sue Barlow -- the sister of the town doctor.
Director: Kevin Costner
Writers: Lauran Paine (novel) and Craig Storper (screenplay)
Stars: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall and Diego Luna
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316356/
