So much so, that all of the residents have left, and the Sheriff has given up doing his job. Sensing an opportunity to make money, Smith decides to hire himself out to BOTH factions -- and play each side against the other.

Will Smith's clever scheme work? Or will the ensuing violence he causes take his life instead? In a dusty, Prohibition-era Texas border town, a lone-wolf hit-man richochets between rival mobs, pinning his allegiance to whomever offers more money for his services. But when he sticks his neck out to help a woman, he ends up risking more than money--he risks developing a conscience.

Hill patterned his film after Kurosawa's legendary 1961 YOJIMBO. Released theatrically in the USA September 20, 1996.

Co-produced by Lone Wolf. Color by CFI; shot in Panavision widescreen.

Shown at the Venice Film Festival (Venetian Nights) September 6, 1996. Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.

Starring Director (less)