Twelve-year-old Jody is on a wagon train trip with his father when they are attacked by renegade Comancheros led by the villain cut-throat. Jody sets out across country for home.
A Vietnam veteran who has become a drifter helps a young, single mother avenge her brother's murder and finds himself the target of a gang of dope smugglers on the Mexican border.
The story depicts two brothers who fight on opposites sides in the U.S. Civil War and end up meeting in battle.
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
