Out for blood, hot-tempered cowboy Jimmy The Kid Perls (Rick Schroder) guns down the man who killed his parents and took their land. While on the run, Perls meets up with U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler (Wilford Brimley). At first sight, Perls believes that Culler is just a typical, easy-going trapper. To navigate through the wilderness and to stay one step ahead of the law, Perls has no choice but to put his life in the hands of this ragged mountain man. From raging river escapes to a night in a brothel run by Georgina (Adrienne Barbeau), Perls soon realizes that the person he considered an ally, cannot be trusted.