A Canadian Western starring an Australian as an Irishman adopted by French-Indians, on trial for killing a Scotsman, SHOWDOWN AT WILLIAMS CREEK recounts a grim tale, liberally based on fact, from the Gold Rush days of the old Montana Territory.
The picture opens at Fort Benton in 1870, with John George Brown (Tom Burlinson), nicknamed "Kootenai" by the local Indians, facing the gallows. Trial testimony tells his tale: Brown came to British Columbia from Ireland in 1863, settling in the boomtown of Williams Creek, a locality teeming with
fortune hunters, swindlers, whores, scavengers, lunatics--and a dangerously charming rogue named Eben Campbell (Donnelly Rhode...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins