1. Sam Elliott
   Tom Selleck
2. Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford starred in one of the leading male roles in the film, but he didn't play a Sackett brother. Instead, he played Tom Sunday, a cowboy who ends up becoming friend and mentor to Tyrel.

1. Tell
   Tyrel
2. Orrin

Sam Elliott starred as oldest brother Tell, with Tom Selleck as Orrin and Jeff Osterhage as Tyrel.

1. Mississippi
   Virginia
2. Tennessee

Set in the 19th century, the film starts at the family's homestead in Tennessee and follows the travels of three Sackett sons out west to New Mexico.

1. Tyrel
   Orrin
2. Tell

Orrin Sackett's wedding opens the film, but the happy occasion is marked by tragedy when Long Higgins shows up. Higgins is seeking revenge on Orrin, who killed Higgins' brother.

1. Orrin
   the bride
2. Mama Sackett

It is Orrin's bride who is killed by Long Higgins' bullet -- which was meant for Orrin himself.

1. Orrin
   Tell
2. Tyrel

It is young Tyrel Sackett who draws his gun and kills Long Higgins on the Sackett family property. Knowing that someone will be along to avenge Long's death, Tyrel's mom urges him to leave town to stay safe.

1. running a farm
   working in a bank
2. working at a mining camp

Tell has been away from the Sackett family home for many years. When the film opens, he is working at a Texas mining camp.

1. he's cheating at cards
   he stole his horse
2. he jilted his sister

Tell runs into Wes Bigelow while the pair are playing poker at the mining camp in Texas. After accusing Bigelow of cheating, Tell is forced to kill the man to save his own life. Tell knows Bigelow's brothers will be along soon to seek revenge, so he leaves Texas and heads back on the road.

1. cowhand
   bookkeeper
2. school teacher

Tyrel runs into a large cattle drive as he travels across the plains on his own. The crew give him a job, taking the young Sackett brother along with them on their journey.

1. $10 in gold
   50 head of cattle
2. Tyrel to come work for them

After claiming that Tyrel's crew stole some of their herd, a group of cattle rustlers demands 50 head of cattle in exchange for Tyrel's life.

1. Orrin
   Tell
2. Tom Sunday

Big brother Orrin saves the day when Tyrel is outnumbered seven to one by cattle rustlers. Orrin scares off the bad guys, then becomes a cowhand along with his brother.

1. pages from a book
   a map
2. armor

After finding a chest plate from a suit of 16th-century armor, Tell suspects that maybe there really is gold in them there mountains.

1. Houston
   Atlanta
2. Abilene

After reaching Abilene, Kansas, the cattle drive comes to an end and Tyrel and Orrin pick up their wages. While in the city, they fall for the daughter and granddaughter of a pair of feuding families.

1. herd wild cattle
   start a general store
2. head home to Tennessee

Orrin and Tyrel see that there's money to be made in herding wild cattle and selling the animals to ranchers. With the help of new pal Sunday, they plan to trade in cattle on their own.

1. Reed Carney
   Cap
2. Ira Bigelow

Old cowhand Cap joins up with Tell Sackett to hunt for gold in the Purgatorie Mountains after the cattle drive reaches Abilene.

1. Orrin
   Tell
2. Tyrel

The murder-minded Ira Bigelow is seeking revenge on Tell for shooting his brother Wes. Ira brings a whole posse of men along with him in his search, including younger brother Jack and a gun fighter named Kid Newton.

1. Orrin
   Sunday
2. Cap

After the cattle drive, Orrin runs against Tom Sunday for the role of Sheriff. Orrin wins the race after people learn that Sunday is actually an ex-con.

1. Sunday
   Tyrel
2. Tell

After Orrin beats Sunday in the race for Sheriff, he asks Tom Sunday to be his deputy. After Sunday refuses, Orrin brings brother Tyrel on board as his second-in-command.

1. true
2. false

After Sunday grows more and more angry when Orrin runs for Mayor, Tyrel is forced to shoot and kill his old friend.

1. Ange
   Lila
2. Sarah

Tell and Cap meet a woman named Ange while searching for gold in the mountains. After their camp is attacked, it is Ange who runs for help and gets a message to Orrin Sackett.

1. Tell
   Cap
2. Orrin

After the Bigelow brothers track Tell down, they attack his camp and shoot Cap -- who manages to survive the attack.

1. 3
   5
2. 7

The Sacketts and their friends manage to take down all seven Bigelows, ensuring no other brothers remain to seek revenge for their lost loved ones.

1. true
2. false

All three Sackett brothers manage to survive the shootout that kills the Bigelow brothers.

1. Tell
   Tyrel
2. Orrin

Tell started the feud with the Bigelows and it's up to him to finish it. He manages to shoot and kill Ira Bigelow and bring an end to the threat against himself and his brothers.

1. Annabelle
   Clara
2. Drusilla

Tyrel has his eye on Drusilla, granddaughter of Mexican land owner Don Luis.

1. Pritts
   Sacketts
2. Cartwrights

The Pritts Hotel in Santa Fe is owned by the wealthy Jonathan Pritts. His daughter Laura has lovely yellow hair, or golden, depending on which Sackett brother you ask.

1. true
2. false

After Carney spent the entire cattle drive antagonizing him, Tyrel gets the chance for revenge on Carney in Abilene. Even when he outdraws Carney, Tyrel chooses not to kill his rival, but does send him out of town.

1. Tyrel
   Tell
2. Orrin

Tyrel is known for his skill with a gun, and has no doubt in his ability to outdraw any opponent.

1. true
2. false

Though he fights alongside the three Sackett brothers, Cap manages to survive the final battle and hobble off on his injured leg.

1. 17th century
   18th century
2. 19th century

The film takes place in 1869, just after the Civil War has ended, when settlers spread west across the U.S. in search of new homes, gold and land.