The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...
Brian Dennehy
as Len Rowan
Cloris Leachman
as Ruth Westerman
Marcia Gay Harden
as Adina Rowan
Chris Cooper
as Jack Wilson
John Anderson
as Wes Westerman
Ken Jenkins
as Bob Webb
Robert Schenkkan
as Rev. Don Douglas
David Neidorf
as Marshal Paul Harris
Tony Frank
as Sheriff Phil Lewis
Bill Thurman
as Virgil Teague
Brandon Smith
as Todd Lacey
Colleen Keegan
as Darlene Rowan
