Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.
Jeff Bridges
as Jack McKee
Sam Waterston
as Cecil Colson
Elizabeth Ashley
as Cora Brown
Clifton James
as John Brown
Slim Pickens
as Henry Beige
Charlene Dallas
as Laura Beige
Harry Dean Stanton
as Curt
Richard Bright
as Burt
Patti D'Arbanville
as Betty Fargo
Maggie Wellman
as Mary Fargo
Joe Spinell
as Mr. Colson
Bert Conway
as Wilbur Fargo