An eccentric harpoon-wielding bounty hunter is hired by a rancher to dispose of a gang of rustlers bent on revenge for the hanging of one of their henchmen. However, he becomes obsessed with finishing the job no matter what gets in his way - even after his employer fires him. Western, starring Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd and Frederic Forrest.