The Quick and the Dead
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64% Critic Match

The Quick and the Dead

A mysterious stranger is about to make a woman forget she's a wife and a man remember he's a hero.

6.4 / 10 1987 1h 30mNR English
ActionDramaWesternTV Movie

Storyline

In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian is the only hope.

Cast & Crew

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott

Con Villian

Lead
Kate Capshaw

Kate Capshaw

Susanna McKaskel

Tom Conti

Tom Conti

Duncan McKaskel

Matt Clark

Matt Clark

Doc Shabitt

Patrick Kilpatrick

Patrick Kilpatrick

The Ute

DS

Del Shores

Purdy Mantle

Kurt D. Lott

Kurt D. Lott

Lenny Shabitt

Kenny Morrison

Kenny Morrison

Tom McKaskel

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Day's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Quick and the Dead is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker