The Quick and the Dead

Sam Elliott as a gunslinger who protects settlers Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw in 1876 Wyoming., Sam Elliott as a gunslinger who protects settlers Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw in 1876 Wyoming. Tom: Kenny Morrison. Ute: Patrick Kilpatrick. Doc: Matt Clark. Red: Jerry Potter. Ike: Billy Streater. Purdy: Del Shores. Robert Day directed., Based on a novel by Louis L’Amour, this made-for-HBO western stars Sam Elliott, an enigmatic gunslinger who comes to the aid of a family traveling through the wilderness.