曾参加过美国内战的退伍老兵埃森·爱德华兹(约翰·韦恩 John Wayne 饰)战争结束后返回家乡德克萨斯州,来到哥哥的农场希望与亲人重聚团圆。埃森一直暗恋着自己的嫂子,只把这份感情放在心底。然而一场科曼奇族的突袭,让埃森的心愿彻底粉碎。在这次印地安人的袭击中,埃森的哥嫂双双被杀,侄女黛比(娜塔利·伍德 Natalie Wood 饰)被掠,生死未卜。
为了给自己心爱的嫂子复仇,也为了找到黛比...
Based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson. After losing his wife of many years, retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has cancer and takes his beloved dog back to his boyhood home in...