This is a Louis L’Amour story of two brothers immediately after the Civil War. Each of the two older Traven brothers fought on opposite sides but are now heading home. The oldest one Daly played by Sam Elliot, fought for the Confederacy and was caught up in two separate events that almost took his life. The first incident he was saved by a Confederate detachment that was going to continue the war after getting more arms and money by trading grain and slave in Mexico. The Second event he was saved by his brother Mac played by Tom Selleck, who was a Union officer during the War.
The Confederate rebels were ravaging the countryside becoming killers, thieves and kidnappers. The rebels took the sisters of Mac and Dal and Dal’s sweetheart Kate played by Katherine Ross. The plan was to sell the women to brothels in Mexico and the men into slave labor in the Mexican silver mines. With this money the rebels could buy more guns and bullets.
The Traven brothers were determined to end the war in this part of Texas and they set out to free the hostages by destroying the Mexican connection and the rebels that felt they needed to push the war on.
I definitely enjoyed this movie even as it was very simplistic but it had all of the parts of a good western movie actors, scenery, and story. I would recommend this movie to any western movie fan.
