Fred Olen Ray directed this fine western film with a great cast and story.
A cowboy named Michael Atherton (Michael Dudikoff) comes to a small town and finds danger and corruption. The movie opens as he rescues a prostitute named Wendy (Valerie Wildman) as she is being whipped by a group of men. He kills them.
One of the men he kills is the son of a very vicious man named Jerry Krants (William Smith). Krants swears vengeance on Atherton. Eventually Atherton falls victim to Krants and he is slowly tortured and left for dead.
Wendy rescues him and takes care of him until he is able to function again. The sheriff has been killed and replaced witha new lawman named Kyle Tapert (Randy Travis).
Atherton kills Krants and this makes Tapert seek revenge on Atherton. It all comes down to a spectacu;ar climax that is full of action which reminds me of a lot of 50's westerns.
Randy travis turns in a great performance as Tapert. The most crooked sheriff I have ever seen in a film of this kind. His evil actually outshines that of Krants.
The rest of the cast includes Andrew Stevens, Robert Quarry, Hoke Howell, Eric Lawson and Libby George.
If you haven't seen this film and you're a westerns fan I Highly Recommend this little gem. It's fast paced, well done on all points and exactly what a western should be.
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