Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new protector. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim are their only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.















7th February 1974
52 years ago
1 hour 33 minutes
Finishes at 3:28pm
$2,600,000 ($18,304,260 today)
Revenue $119,500,000



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