During a drunken spree in the small Wild West town of Bannock, one of a half-dozen workers from a nearby ranch accidentally shoots an innocent man. Bannock's marshal, a righteous man named Jared Maddox (Burt Lancaster), comes to the larger town of Sabbath bearing the dead body of one of the revellers and demands the surrender of the remaining five from sheriff Cotton Ryan (Robert Ryan) and ranch owner Vincent Bronson (Lee J. Cobb), starting a confrontation that threatens to engulf them all.
Director: Michael Winner
Producer: Michael Winner
Writer: Gerald Wilson
Music: Jerry Fielding
Actor: Burt Lancaster
Actor: Robert Ryan
Actor: Lee J. Cobb
Actor: Robert Duvall
Actor: Sheree North
Actor: Joseph Wiseman
Actor: J.D. Cannon
Actor: Albert Salmi
Actor: Richard Jordan
Actor: John McGiver
Cinematographer: Robert Paynter