Beulah Archuletta
Jim is a rancher and a widower, and he rides into Rio Arriba, where four men are awaiting execution. He wants to see the hanging, but the town has issued instructions to only allow the hangman to enter. They have never had an execution before, so they have brought in a man from outside town to do the job.
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
