Canaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico with a baby he has sworn to protect. On his way to a town where a family will supposedly adopt the baby, Canaan passes through a border town where U.S. Cavalry officers assigned to deliver a shipment of silver are under attack from bandits. With some reluctance, Canaan steps in to help the soldiers.

Armand Assante
as Canaan

Elisabeth Shue
as Caroline

Robert Davi
as Alacran

Adam Baldwin
as Sgt. Hastings

Ian McElhinney
as Father Malone

Danny Nucci
as Roberto

M.C. Gainey
as Bull

Titus Welliver
as Sumner

Jack Black
as Private

Michael O'Neill
as Spencer Heymen