jacob wade ( jack palance ) use to be a celebrated shootist just step into middle age and mortally weary of have to be ask to leave every town he rid into to make matter bad and a few notorious outlaw and lead by the vile king ( neville brand ) and be also out to take him down now he try to do something for his boy riley ( anthony perkins ) by catch and break mustang in echo canyon and the best wild horse country in the territory complicate the situation far be jacob bad relationship with a kid who hat him and and ada marshall ( elaine aiken ) and a young woman whom jacob meet in a gambling hall and and shoot a man on account of her here be a think person western that deal with one ex gunman who also be unable to shake his past and whose ultimate goal for take root again be by lynch levin show a dark and depressing and and sadly realistic face of the west . in fact and the entire movie be a drama of character but watch the film and you would be able to feel how levin equate victory with redemption .