The Old West is just not the same, what with so few cattle being run, and law-abiding folk running around like they own everything. In this family comedy drama, it's too much for John McCanless (Brian Keith). He is a cranky old rancher and former gunslinger who has no intention of selling his beloved acres to some fool who wants to build a dam and flood them all. Going "gently into that good night" is not in the cards at all, and this latter-day Quixote prepares to wage a lonely battle against the namby-pamby modern world. His ranch hand, Paco (Alfonso Arau), an illegal immigrant, and his bemused daughter, Amanda (Michele Carey) do what they can to help. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
John Mansbridge - Art Director, Chuck Keehne - Costume Designer, Emily Sundby - Costume Designer, Ted Schilz - First Assistant Director, Robert Butler - Director, Cotton Warburton - Editor, Rod McKuen - Composer (Music Score), Rod McKuen - Songwriter, Robert J. Schiffer - Makeup, Robert Clatworthy - Production Designer, Frank Phillips - Cinematographer, Tom Leetch - Producer, Bill Walsh - Producer, Emile Kuri - Set Designer, Frank R. McKelvey - Set Designer, Robert Mattey - Special Effects, Robert O. Cook - Sound/Sound Designer, Dean Thomas - Sound/Sound Designer, Don DaGradi - Screenwriter, Bill Walsh - Screenwriter, Richard Gardner - Book Author
