Death Rides a Horse Bill—a witness to the robbery and murder of his parents when he was just a boy—embarks on a quest to hunt down the men responsible. Only one of the outlaws, Rob (Lee Van Cleef), had been apprehended for the crime and was forced to take the punishment for the whole group. Now fresh out of jail, Rob wants to get even with his former cohorts for leaving him to take the blame. During his search, he meets up with Bill and the two find themselves as unlikely partners in their pursuit of vengeance. The Gun and the Pulpit In an attempt to dodge a wrongful murder charge, Ernie Parsons—a quick-witted gunslinger—flees his own hanging and poses as a traveling preacher he discovered dead in the desert. With the preacher"s clothes and horse, Ernie acts as the deceased, making a name for himself across the West with his unusual technique of aiming his six-gun at disbelievers. But when Ernie becomes too involved in the community of Castle Walk, he finds that being a man of God may be more than he bargained for. Kid Vengeance Distraught by the murder of his parents and the kidnapping of his sister by a group of vicious outlaws, a teenaged boy, Tom Thurston (Leif Garrett), is abandoned and angry. Enlisting the help of a gunslinger (Jim Brown), the two seek revenge on the malicious man responsible (Lee Van Cleef). Although vengeance is sweet, Tom"s search for justice steals his youth and forces him to wrestle with his inner demons. Vengeance Valley Cattle baron Arch Stroble favors his ranch-hand, Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster), whom he has raised since boyhood, over his biological son, Lee. Jealousy leads to lies, confrontation and an abundance of plot twists and turns—including an illegitimate child and attempted murder—before a righteous resolution is reached.