Ex-Confederate soldier Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, who also directs this Oscar-nominated Western) is on the run from both his former unit and the U.S. Army regiment that killed his family. Finally coming to rest in a quiet community and falling for pretty settler Laura Lee (Sondra Locke), Josey may finally find redemption. But he's not sure he can change his violent ways -- especially when his archenemy arrives on the scene.