Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...

Un tireur d'élite tente de revenir à un métier honorable, mais il est rejeté par son fils.

Ein Revolverheld kehrt nach 15jähriger Abwesenheit in die Heimat zurück und setzt alles - zuletzt sogar sein Leben - daran, die Achtung und Liebe seines Sohnes zurückzugewinnen.

Il pistolero Jack Wade, quasi cieco, torna nel suo paese natale, da cui se n'era andato dopo aver commesso un omicidio. Il figlio lo ritiene responsabile della morte della madre, ma dovrà ricredersi. Wade deve affrontare un ultimo duello, e sarà spalleggiato dal figlio.

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Jacob (Palance) es un hombre del Oeste, un pistolero temible. En otro tiempo, tuvo un hogar y familia, pero el orgullo de una mujer lo llevó a emprender una vida solitaria y peligrosa. Harto, finalmente, de vivir sin rumbo, decide regresar a su hogar para llevar una vida tranquila y encargarse de la educación del hijo que había abandonado (Perkins).