An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.
Acting
Borgnine's career-best late-period work; drunk, desperate, magnetic.
Writing
Smart script that trusts viewers to connect the grimy dots.
Director
Fielder Cook
Ernest Borgnine
Deputy Sam Hill
Stephen R. Hudis
Jethro
Judy Geeson
Jody Kenyon
Will Geer
Simon Anderson
J.D. Cannon
Mal Yeager
Bruce Dern
Deputy Doyle Pickett
Sam Jaffe
Toby
Carmen Mathews
Abigail Booth
John McGiver
Judge Hathaway
Slim Pickens
Kilpatrick
G.D. Spradlin
Reverend Foster
Jay C. Flippen
Sheriff Ben
Woodrow Parfrey
Doc Waters
George Furth
Fletcher
Milton Selzer
George Millordock, the Banker
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