This is a made for T.V. movie with Tom Selleck as Monte Walsh, a long time cowboy who is struggling through a time when ranches are being taken over Consolidated Corporation. He plays opposite Countess Martine (Isabella Rossellini) whose relationship is also changing because of the change in economics. People react differently to change. The representative of the corporation is Sam Brennan (William Devane). Righting Joe Hooker (James Gammon) runs he and his horse off a cliff to their deaths. Walsh's partner in cowboying is Chet Rollins (Keith Carradine); but he leaves to get married and become a hardware salesman. Shorty (George Eads) kills a marshall who has come to arrest him for a past bank robbery. He then turns to stealing with a small band, and ends up killing Chet. Shorty never breaks that one hard horse to break. That horse is sold to a wild west company, but Walsh does ride him and break him. He is offered a job in the show but declines not wanting to turn on himself. Shorty has gone bad, rustling cattle. He is without work. Walsh catches up to him, but lets him go. He and a partner confront Chet in town at the hardware store seeking money so they can run. In the confrontation Shorty shoots Chet with a shot gun killing him. Walsh is now on his trail. However he hears his girl is sick. He tries to go see her. The Countess dies, probably of tuberculosis. Shorty confronts him there knowing he would come. This leads to the final gun battle.
I found this film entertaining. It was a bit slow at first for a western but overall it was good. It also added the psychological piece of how people deal with change. It was produced by Tom Selleck.
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