Jericho, Texas, 1931. A new breed of gunfighter haunts the windswept border town: tweed-suited mobsters from Chicago who control the illegal flow of liquor crossing the Mexican border. Jerichos two rival gangs have replaced civil law with civil war and Sheriff Galt (Bruce Dern) is powerless to stop them. Then, a mysterious stranger blows into town, looking for a place to spend the night. Calling himself Smith (Bruce Willis), he seems like just another drifter, that is, until he draws his gun. Then, all hell is let loose. Soon he has been recruited by first one gang and then the other, as he cleverly and deceptively betrays both sides in a war that can leave only one man standing...