The story chronicles life in the South Wales coalfields, the loss of that way of life and its effects on the family. At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. The truth about his deed will be revealed.
The movie follows a group of strangers who have nothing in common yet learn something about each other over the course of their voyage, since they have to team up to struggle through natural disasters and attacks by outlaws and Indians.
When members of his brother’s family are killed or abducted by Comanches, Civil War veteran Ethan Edwards vows to track down his surviving relatives and rescue them from the Indian tribe.
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.