夕阳西下，放牧归来的杨福躺在床上抽着烟，两眼直直的望着天棚，历历往事浮现在眼前。那是他服兵役的时候，回陕北探亲，家里给他说了个叫菊英的媳妇。他们恩恩爱爱地过了两个月。临走前，菊英叮嘱他明 年春天一定回来看看他们的孩子。谁知第二年春天，大雪封山他不能回去，第三年雪一开化，他就赶紧往家赶。此时，家乡正遭大旱，到家只见一把生锈的铁锁挂在门上。一打听，才知父亲已饿死，菊英拖着8个月的身孕去找他，至今未归。伤心的杨福到处寻找妻子毫无结果。后来，上级决定他退伍，无家可归的杨福主动要求在帕米尔高原为部队放牧。同志...

在禁酒令日渐衰落的时代，两个暴力罪犯之间的救赎和自我发现的故事。

Black cowboy Jim Kelly is known on the Texas frontier for killing cattle rustlers. When he befriends the widow of a murdered sharecropper and her daughter, Jim must decide whether to seek vengeance or leave behind a life of violence.

Set in 1895, the film follows friends Ed and Frank who become brutal enemies in Oklahoma frontier territory when a rivalry develops over a woman who is set to inherit a prominent saloon. After a bounty hunter makes Ed disappear to a tortuous prison run...