The year is 1956 & the place is Creedmore Prison the last of the primitive western territory penitentiaries; a huge stone monster crouched low against the Tetons. Charlie Forsythe (Viggo Mortensen) a prisoner convicted of a murder he didn't commit is electrocuted. Ethan Sharpe (Lane Smith) the prison's most brutal guard is the only man who knows but instead of speaking out he stands silently by. The truth about Charlie Forsythe dies with him & is buried when the doors to Creedmore Prison are sealed shut forever. Until now... Overcrowding forces the prison board to reopen Creedmore's iron gates & Ethan Sharpe is reinstated as the Warden. But it is not long before Warden Sharpe realizes the prison has not lain entirely empty. Within the prison walls an old enemy is waiting for him.