In 1873, a young drifter, the “Englishman’s boy” (Michael Eisner) joins a group of wolf hunters led by the brutal Hardwick (R.H. Thomson) on the trail of horse thieves. In 1920s Hollywood, writer Harry Vincent (Michael Therriault) is engaged by movie mogul Damon Ira Chance (Bob Hoskins) to track down Shorty McAdoo, an old-time Western actor (Nicholas Campbell) whose story will be the basis of the producer’s new film.
