When Jim Torrance rode into Sundown, he came to the end of a bitter trail -- a hunt for outlaw Steve Bordereau, who had killed Jim's parter and framed Jim for the murder. Seeing Bordereau in a saloon, Jim went after him. Seconds later, Jim fled to the hills with gambling hostess Sally Dawn, who had shot Bordereau to save herself from a vicious intrigue. Perilous days on the dodge followed until Jim learned Bordereau wasn't dead and that the country was aroused over a series of hold-ups committed by a gang supposedly run by Jim Torrance himself! Jim knew Bordereau was behind the raids, so he got himself made marshall of Sundown -- and rode out to deliver justice with blazing Colts!

ジャクソン・グレゴリーの筆致が冴え渡る本作は、冤罪という闇から這い上がり、自ら法を背負う男の魂の変遷を描いた傑作です。単なる復讐劇に留まらない、理不尽な運命に抗う人間の尊厳と正義への渇望は、読む者の胸を熱く焦がす文学的な重厚さを湛えています。 映像版ではダイナミックなアクションが際立ちますが、原作の真髄は逃亡中の孤独や、言葉を介さない信頼の構築といった繊細な情動にあります。映像が見せる躍動感と、テキストが深く沈潜させる心理描写。この二つが共鳴することで、荒野に生きる者の覚悟がより鮮烈に、重層的に立ち上がってくるのです。