One of the best western biographyies and a top ten of all time

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2018)

Read all the other views. They understate how class this movie is. Only Red RIver can compare as a personality study but lacks a lot of heart this one has. You will understand how bad the west had gotten and how in need of law it was. But this is how Americans were and still are a lot of the time.
A beautiful film in which you understand the qualities and failures of every cast member's character. I saw it and Whyat Earp when they came out and Wyatt Earp is a Costner saga about Costner. This is about the real person.
I was young when it was new and it was good for my testosterone. Now its great for my understanding of humans and the value of a true woman to a man's life.
The fact that the film was ignored by the Academy as well as Kilmer shows that they are not about films, but actors who enhance they alone. No class.