forty guns

Samuel Fuller writes and directs this classic western starring Barbara Stanwyck. The story follows authoritarian rancher Jessica Drummond (Stanwyck), who rules the town of Tombstone in Cochise County, Arizona, with her private posse of forty hired guns, brushing aside the spineless sheriff Ned Logan (Dean Jagger). However, when non-violent lawman Griff Bonnell (Barry Sullivan) arrives to restore law and order to the county, Jessica finds her emotions interfering with business for the first time as she falls passionately in love with the newcomer.