死在西部的一百万种方式

在美国西部这个充满暴力的地方，赫罗德靠出色的枪法，成为远近闻名的魔王。他设立巨额奖金，在镇上举行枪击比赛，通过高手之间的互杀，使武艺高强的人越来越少，同时也趁机向居民收税。神枪手们蜂拥而至，其中有一个叫爱伦的神秘女郎。她父亲原是这个镇的警长，一次赫罗德袭击警署，把她父亲吊起来，说只要她能把绳子打断，就可放了他。她含泪用颤抖的手扣动扳机，不料子弹竟击中父亲的头部。枪击比赛越来越残酷，后来残忍的赫罗德居然亲手枪杀了自己的儿子基德。同时，在小镇弹药库爆炸的冲天火光中，爱伦出现在赫罗德面前。

讲述女主角的丈夫有一天带着枪伤回到家中，女主角为保护丈夫不被人追杀，不得不求助于前男友帮助的故事。

故事发生在1882年的美国西部平原，在那片广阔的土地上，生活着名为“拓荒者”的人们，他们自由的选择土地，辛勤劳作，放牧牛羊，安居乐业，查理（凯文·科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰）、苏（安妮特·贝宁 Annette Bening 饰）、莫斯（亚布拉哈姆·本鲁比 Abraham Benrubi 饰）和斯皮尔曼（罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰）正是其中的成员。 可是，随着时间的推移，居民的增多，广袤的平原不再是能够自由驰骋的疆土，只是单纯善良的四人还没有注意到局势的变化。一次意外中，西部小镇的恶霸巴克斯特（金·寇兹 Kim Coates 饰）联手警长恶整了前来购买物资的莫斯并禁止“拓荒者”们再接近小镇，直到这时，查理一行人才意识到，是时候拿起武器为他们的尊严和自由而战了。

一位因击毙恶名昭彰的歹徒而名声大噪的参议员，回到小镇参加老友的葬礼，并道出了当年事迹背后的真相。

Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.

A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.

Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than wrangling cows. When one of their fellow cowboys is killed in a corral accident, Post suggests a way into a better life for himself and his friend: robbing a bank. Bodine reluctantly joins in the plan and the two contrive to rob the local bank. They make good their escape initially, but Walt Buckman and his two sons, John and Paul, are incensed at this betrayal by their own trusted employees. John and Paul set out to bring Bodine and Post to justice.

克林特·伊斯特伍德饰演一名神秘客，从热浪逼人的沙漠来到罪恶满城的拉高镇，并被邀请出手阻止三个刚出狱的枪手继续犯案。