Summary Of Charlie Weather

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Turn of the century, Wyoming. Lawman Charlie Weather is a member of a triumvirate of sheriffs bent on forcing closure of several establishments of ill-repute that are threatening the stability and lawfulness of smaller nearby towns. One calculating saloon owner, Shrug Tillman, decides to upend the lawmens' efforts by arranging their assassinations. Dalton Mabry, a down-trodden gambler and crippled war veteran, who owes money to Shrug, is wrangled into partnering with a crude pig farmer, Ash O'Connell, to carry out the murders of Charlie Weather and his family.
Under the cover of night, Dalton obstinately accompanies Ash to Charlie's prairie home and watches helplessly as Ash kills Charlie's wife and son, and shoots the lawman, leaving him for

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