Blankenship says it will take more than that. Hull says that as soon as he gets a couple of ounces, he'll bring them in. Hull says that they didn't have any choice because of the damage the men did to their shacks. Blankenship tells Hull he has "sand but no sense". Hull says that they needed some supplies. Blankenship calls Hull a "damn fool", and asks him if he couldn't wait until the smoke cleared away. Blankenship ( Richard Hamilton and Fran Ryan). After Barret ties up his wagon, he walks into the Blankenship mining supply store as four men stare. Hull Barret arrives in the town of LaHood, and people look through their windows. Barret passes Teddy ( Jeffrey Weissman), who asks him the same question, again with no response. Eddie asks him if that's dumb, because of what happened to him last time. Barret ( Michael Moriarty) rides out of camp in his wagon and Eddie ( Chuck Lafont) asks if he's quitting. The man on the white horse continues riding through the snow-covered ground into the woods. If you don't help us, were all gonna die.Īs she prays the last few lines, an image of a man ( Clint Eastwood) riding a white horse mottled with black is superimposed on the screen, along with foreboding music. "But I'd like to get more of this life first. Thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.Īnd I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Still crying, Megan buries her dog in the woods, and then recites the 23rd Psalm, interjecting her comments.Ĭalm music plays, and local scenery is interspersed while she prays: A man spits and calls the horsemen "sow-wallowing monkeys". Megan is bent over her dead dog when her mother catches up to her. The people come out from hiding and assess the damage the town is devastated. The horsemen shoot cattle and Megan's dog, and then chase donkeys as they leave. Prospectors fight back feebly, but are no match for the horsemen. Megan's mother ( Carrie Snodgress) shouts for Megan ( Sydney Penny) as she runs after her dog Lindsay. They knock down shacks and tents, and kick people as they ride by. The horsemen emerge from the woods, shooting guns as they enter the camp. Suddenly the dogs start barking furiously, and people stop what they're doing to look.
The riders approach the camp, crossing through the creek and through the local woods. At a mining camp by a creek, prospectors calmly pan for gold and inspect their sluice boxes.
Somewhere in California, at the end of the Gold Rush, several horsemen come riding down from the nearby mountains.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
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