Synopsis for
Silverado (1985) More at IMDbPro »

I Emmett (Scott Glenn) is the cowboy, who finds Paden (Kevin Kline) lying almost dead in the wild. Paden got ambushed, borrows money from old friend Cobb, (Brian Dennehy) who offers him a job. The only problem is that they used to ride and do business together. Paden won't ride with them again because Tyree (Jeff Fahey) is still one of the bunch.

There is a wagon train with a beautiful young woman (Rosanna Arquette) with it. Emmett is heading to meet his kid brother Jake (Kevin Costner) who seems to attract problems. He encounters the sheriff (John Cleese) who has Jake in jail. After escaping, the 3 ride on and encounter the 4th member of their "good guys" team, Malachi Johnson (Danny Glover). They all ride to another town, where they find that Jake's old friend, Cobb is now the sheriff and operates a saloon with Stella (Linda Hunt). Slick (Jeff Goldblum) the new card shark in town, runs a card game there. Slick romances Mal's (Danny Glover) sister (Lynne Whitfield) after Cobb kills their old father guarding the ranch.