Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.
Tom Selleck
as Monte Walsh
Isabella Rossellini
as 'Countess' Martine
Keith Carradine
as Chester 'Chet' Rollins
George Eads
as Frank 'Shorty' Austin
Robert Carradine
as Sunfish Perkins
Barry Corbin
as Bob the Storekeeper
James Gammon
as Fighting Joe Hooker / Albert Miller
Rex Linn
as Hat Henderson
John Michael Higgins
as Robert Slocum
William Sanderson
as Skimpy Eagens
Wallace Shawn
as Colonel Wilson
Marshall R. Teague
as Wallace 'Dally' Johnson
