Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio’s return.

“A strange, beautiful, tormented Western — and one of the most personal films ever made in the genre.” — The Village Voice

“Marlon Brando gives the Western a new, wounded psychology.” — The New York Times

“Brando’s only film as director is also one of the most intimate Westerns ever filmed.” — The Guardian

“The most erotic and psychologically complex Western of the era.” — Cahiers du Cinéma