A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

Robert Urich
as Ruben Castle

JoBeth Williams
as Harriet Purdue

Paul Dooley
as Joe Hiatt

Hoyt Axton
as Ben Morgan

Peter Coyote
as Steele

Marin Kanter
as Mackenzie Castle

Gailard Sartain
as Mayor

Dan Hedaya
as Peck

Harry Carey, Jr.
as Dr. Emmer

John Considine
as Burnside