In the last days of the Wild West, a poker player teams up with a madam to enhance her business in a small, remote town. When they refuse to hand their profits over to a big company, killers are sent to get them.
This is one of the first westerns to emerge from New Hollywood. Robert Altman adopts his usual ruthless, aloof and profoundly cynical approach to the genre, giving Warren Beatty one of his finest roles.