
Brian Keith stars as John McCanless, a grumpy and grizzled old modern-day rancher who believes he is living in the old West. When John can no longer pay the mortgage, a greedy real estate developer steps in to seize his land. Believing that he'll make money off his cattle, he hits the trail and sets out across the desert with his ranch hand Paco to take his one last steer to market. Soon, his cantankerous behavior leads to a series of whooping and hollering shootouts.