After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing in-between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.
After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing in-between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.
Fun Facts
Jesse V. Johnson’s 2025 action-thriller shares the name but zero story DNA with Jules Dassin’s 1949 film-noir classic. The new plot drops the San Francisco fruit-market racket and swaps it for modern-day Oklahoma cattle-rustling.
Principal photography wrapped late summer 2024; Vertical Entertainment had it locked, rated and booked for a 7 November 2025 digital bow in the U.K. and a 12 December 2025 limited U.S. run—barely 15 months from first clapboard to couch.
Sawa’s villain Jones carries a fully functional M1A1 Thompson (blank-adapted). Armorers aged it with peat-bog mud so the wood stock looks sun-baked and oil-starved—a 1940s weapon in a 2025 dust-bowl standoff.