Set in 1885 in Nevada. When a popular rancher is murdered and the mayor of his town forms a posse, two travellers join in and are swept up in their mission to seek vengeance, even upon those innocent of any wrongdoing.
Church and state officials persecute a simple peasant girl who claims to have seen a vision of "a beautiful lady" at the site of what becomes the Shrine of Lourdes.
Delicious Americana showing reactions of three women who receive a letter from the town flirt who has run off with one of their husbands. Based on John Klempner's novel.