While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
Elenco: Burt Lancaster , Robert Ryan , Lee J. Cobb , Robert Duvall , Sheree North , Albert Salmi , Richard Jordan , John McGiver , Ralph Waite , John Beck , William Watson , Walter Brooke , Robert Emhardt , Charles Tyner , J.D. Cannon , Lou Frizzell , Richard Bull , John Hillerman , Roy Engel , Jan Burrell , Madeleine Taylor Holmes , Hugh McDermott , Joyce Perry , Joseph Wiseman , Wilford Brimley , Laila Novak .